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  1. #1
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    Default WD6: change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    Hi,
    maybe i found a simple way to change the dark gray skin to the "old" gray skin.

    - close XWD6
    - Start regedit
    - navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xara\WebDesigner\6.0\Op tions\Workspace
    - change the value DefaultSkinName from "XARAGREY" to ""
    - close regedit
    - start XWD6

    Now the Skin should be lt. gray

    I use the XWD6 trial.
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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    Thats interesting to know, but I've been playing in WD6 a lot over the last two days and I find when I go into Xtreme5 everything looks a little too bright and just less easy to work with.
    I was skeptical of the new colour scheme at first but I have to say that I now can't wait for Xtreme to darken up as well as it already seems a more comfortable work space, (as long as I can have the option of reducing the size of the shortcut icons).
    Derek
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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    How about being able to drag-and-drop a color from the color line onto the UI to change the skin's color scheme?
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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    Derek,
    I agree with you. After using WD6 for a few days I also find I like it better than Xtreme's brighter color scheme. The only problem I have with it is finding the gray scroll bar on the gray background; especially if I don't have my glasses on.
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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    The color value in my registry is XARADARK. Changed it to XARALIGHT and got the old XX5 light gray colors. Makes it a lot easier to jump back and forth between programs. I feel much more at home with the old colors and will try both to see what happens.

    Jim
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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    thanks for posting this, very useful to know
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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    Cool, so now a person has a choince.....and there may be other values a person could use maybe? Who knows....
    Ed......:-)

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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    This sounds like one for a new version of XaReg!
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    Yes, there are few new settings where a XaReg update will be very helpfull. However due to increased overheads, transport costs and other market factors the next version of XaReg will cost $29.99.
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    (jk)
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    Default Re: XWD6 change the Dark Skin to the old Grey Skin

    Ha, ha!
    John.
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