Rack: [FEATURE REQUEST] Eliminate Gray Wire

Created on 23 Nov 2017 · 4Comments · Source: VCVRack/Rack

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Version (or "dev" if compiling from source): 0.5.0

The gray wire against the gray background is difficult to see, especially when dimmed.

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jonheal

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I guess I would humbly suggest changing the Black wire to Purple. Also Red and Green are going to be problematic for color blind users. Maybe Orange and Teal?

In any case, this is a minor issue. :-)

jonheal on 28 Nov 2017

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@jonheal currently the patch cable colors are red, yellow, green, blue, and black (I guess you could call the black a very dark gray).

If you're compiling Rack from source, you can edit the patch cable colors in WireWidget.cpp (see lines 73-81), they are specified as hexadecimal color codes:
https://github.com/VCVRack/Rack/blob/v0.5/src/app/WireWidget.cpp

We may offer customizable patch cable colors in a future revision, but there's no single color that will work well on all panel backgrounds.

milholen on 28 Nov 2017

I guess I would humbly suggest changing the Black wire to Purple. Also Red and Green are going to be problematic for color blind users. Maybe Orange and Teal?

In any case, this is a minor issue. :-)

jonheal on 28 Nov 2017

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Could have a little cable color selector/editor in the top bar,. color coding could be useful for organizing large patches,. 6 or 10 little boxes you click to select cable color,. RMB to choose color of boxes,. perhaps it sounds frivolous however would be very useful.