Layer and Properties toolbars changine color

[b_wood]

I am using AutoCAD 2008 X64 and have recently discovered a small problem. the text in the layer and properties tool bars has changed color. it was not so bad when it was a pale blue but it has now turned black and I cannot read the information. can anyone help me please.

[ccowgill]

I am using AutoCAD 2008 X64 and have recently discovered a small problem. the text in the layer and properties tool bars has changed color. it was not so bad when it was a pale blue but it has now turned black and I cannot read the information. can anyone help me please. could you post a screen shot of this, I dont quite understand what you are referring to. My text has always been black in my properties palette and in the layer manager (layer palette in 2009). Are you referring to vp overrides?if so, it is solved under the layer settings button (little wrench in the top right), viewport override background color

[b_wood]

ccowgill, as you can see the text is black with a black background inside the white background it is supposed to be. I have never seen such a thing and when you return to paper space it changes back.

[jaberwok]

I've seen similar behaviour in earlier releases and it was always fixed by a video card driver update.

[b_wood]

Jaberwok.
Yes I have seen that problem too. That was all text boxes. not just a few in one tab. I updated the graphic drivers this morning and no difference at all. Thank you.

[b_wood]

Thank you for all your help gentlepeople,

I have figured it out. AutoCAD is keeping track of the layers that have been modified in the viewport by use of layer sets. all modified layers and layer properies have a background color set to them so that you can see what has been modified. I mistakenly set the color to white. and since the background color is already white AutoCAD inverted the color to black making it unreadable.

Thanks again

[jaberwok]

I'll remember that one. Thank you for the answer.

[ccowgill]

i'll have to remember that, but we dont have too many users that change the vp override settings, I dont think 3/4 of them even know it exists.