[#FB-11574] syntax coloring for actionscript does not allow you to change font color for periods, semi colons and numbers. Hence you cannot have a black bg!

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syntax coloring for actionscript does not allow you to change font color for periods, semi colons and numbers. Hence you cannot have a black bg!

Created: 01/02/08 05:07 PM Updated: 10/09/08 08:32 PM

Component/s:

Code Coloring

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Public (All JIRA Users )

Severity:	Enhancement/Task
Reproducibility:	Every Time
Discoverability:	Medium
Found in Version:	Moxie M3 (Beta 2)
Affected OS(s):	All OS Platforms
Steps to Reproduce:	« Hide This bug makes it so developers cannot have a black background when using the built-in actionscript editor. The reason is because numbers, semi colons and periods do not have an option to configure the colors and the default color for these items is black, hence these items will not even be visible because they are the same color as the background. 1. choose Flex Builder --> Preferences. 2. choose flex-->editors-->syntax coloring then choose actionscript from the list. Expected result #1: There should be an option to configure the color of the Number data type just like there is an option to configure the color of the String datatype. The default color for numbers is black so if you want to use a black background you cannot. Actual result #1: There is no option to change the coloring of the number datatype ############### Expected result #2: There should be an option to change the color of characters that don't fit into any specific category such as semi colons and periods. Actual result #2: the color periods and semi colons cannot be configured! Show » This bug makes it so developers cannot have a black background when using the built-in actionscript editor. The reason is because numbers, semi colons and periods do not have an option to configure the colors and the default color for these items is black, hence these items will not even be visible because they are the same color as the background. 1. choose Flex Builder --> Preferences. 2. choose flex-->editors-->syntax coloring then choose actionscript from the list. Expected result #1: There should be an option to configure the color of the Number data type just like there is an option to configure the color of the String datatype. The default color for numbers is black so if you want to use a black background you cannot. Actual result #1: There is no option to change the coloring of the number datatype ############### Expected result #2: There should be an option to change the color of characters that don't fit into any specific category such as semi colons and periods. Actual result #2: the color periods and semi colons cannot be configured!
Language Found:	English
Bugbase Id:	none
Triaged:	Yes
Regression:	No
QA Owner:	Gong
Resolved by:	Rebecca Hauck
Participants:	Gong, grey dev, Jason Taylor, Mike and Rebecca Hauck

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Gong - [01/03/08 05:27 PM ]

Reproduced on 191804 XP sa and plugin - sending to IRB as enhancement

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Rebecca Hauck - [01/07/08 04:16 PM ]

QRB: Deferred for Moxie.

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Gong - [01/08/08 11:31 AM ]

Closing as deferred

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Mike - [02/23/08 07:25 PM ]

Where was this deferred to? Where do I go to vote on this issue? It's still happening in beta 3. And by the way, this should NOT be classified as a feature request, because the profs panel has a "default" color setting, and the periods and semicolons are supposed to fall into that category and take that color.

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Jason Taylor - [10/09/08 08:32 PM ]

This issue still exists, was not deferred, and should be re-opened. This makes it impossible to go dark in the flex 3 IDE as you cannot hack the colors.xml like you could in flex 2 to bypass this issue.