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Why does Access use BLACK to highlight combo list options? Can it be changed?

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Zone: Access Forms

Tags: access, combo, highlight, list

Hi,

I've been working with ComboBox controls for years and there is one thing about them that has always baffled me.

When you click on a combo, the list of options drops down. When you then move you mouse over those options to select one, Access chooses to "highlight" the selection is BLACK, while making the fontcolor lighter (thus creating a sort of "photo negative" effect). I don't know about you, but I often find it VERY hard to read what they have highlighted in black.

I have always wondered WHY M$ would choose to do this? Next question. Can I change it so that it just highlights the option with a light yellow or a light gray? It kind of sucks that I can't even read the option I want to choose because the highlight is so dark. (M$ gets a big fat "DUH" from me on this one.)

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