Set Screen Colors (Alternate Terminal)

This help window is for users running the Alternate Terminal user interface.

Users who are not running the Alternate Terminal user interface have a different window for setting colors. See Changing the current host session colors.

For an overview of host session color settings, see Understanding session colors.

Foreground: Allows you to change the color of the text.
Background: Allows you to change the color of the background.
Protected fields: Allows you to select the type of protected field whose foreground color or background color you want to change.
Unprotected fields: Allows you to select the type of unprotected field whose foreground color or background color you want to change.
Basic Colors: Allows you to select a color from the array of predefined colors. The new color appears in the currently selected protected or unprotected field.
Define Custom Color: Allows you to define a custom color. The new color appears in the currently selected protected or unprotected field.
Add to Custom Colors: After you have defined a new color using the Define Custom Color sliders, click this button to add the new color to the Custom Color boxes.
Custom Colors: After you have clicked Add to Custom Colors, click a Custom Color rectangle to store the custom color. The custom color appears in the selected rectangle.
Defaults: Sets the foreground and background colors to the default settings for the currently selected protected or unprotected field.