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Guys..the area where i type what i want to say..I can hardly read what i'm typing. I must squint! If i turn the text white i know that others will see it white aswell, and that would be silly as a lot of people have white backgrounds..and yeah.

Also, i've downloaded the update 2.0.1, although i saw another one where everything was more white than it was black, but is it possible to have the overall black theme, just the parts where you look at what you have written, and also where you are typing, to be white? Or a brighter colour? OR ANOTHER COLOUR?
Hey, well first you can use a font colour other than black. I'm sure you would know how to change it, if you don't its that "A | B" button.

But for the rest there is very little you can do on that matter, simply because skinners have no control over how text is formatted in that region. I have tried to add as many options as I could to help aid this but yeah your options are pretty limited. Anyway here is what you can do to help this situation:

1: Use the "Text Override feature" in Messenger Plus Live.

To use this go into Messenger Plus! Preferences, then conversations, then formatting.

There will be a check box that says: ""Override the font used by my contacts by default (if different from my own)". Tick it and select a font and colour.

NOTE: This will only work if your contact isn't using the same font as you. What I recommend doing is going on the net and finding a rare font that is nice and readable so that the odds of any of your contacts using it is low.

2: Enable text glows in the skin. This may not always help, but it does help a bit.

Go To: C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Skins\Phunk'n - Infusco\RegTweaks\Chat History Text Glow Toggle

and run the file UseChatHistoryTextGlow.reg. Restart Messenger and you should have glows enabled. To disable them simply run the other reg entry in that directory and restart Messenger.

3: Use a white text area background instead.

Go to: C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Skins\Phunk'n - Infusco\RegTweaks\Light Chat History Background Toggle

and run the file UseLightChatHistoryBackground.reg. Restart Messenger, and your typing areas should be white. To switch back to the dark background run the UseDarkChatHistoryBackground.reg and restart messenger.

That's about all you can do. I really wish that I had more control over text in Messenger, but unfortunately that's just how things are. Hope this helps.
(06-05-2009 10:51 PM)willz Wrote: [ -> ]3: Use a white text area background instead.

Go to: C:\Program Files\Messenger Plus! Live\Skins\Phunk'n - Infusco\RegTweaks\Light Chat History Background Toggle

and run the file UseLightChatHistoryBackground.reg. Restart Messenger, and your typing areas should be white. To switch back to the dark background run the UseDarkChatHistoryBackground.reg and restart messenger.

That's about all you can do. I really wish that I had more control over text in Messenger, but unfortunately that's just how things are. Hope this helps.

AWESOME. Thanks a lot buddy, that's all i needed.

This skin is amazing btw, very good job =]
Well i had to tweak mine alittle.. but instead of either really dark grey or very light.. mind puting one thats in middle =D in next version
Which skin is that?
(07-17-2009 07:14 AM)iKingsten Wrote: [ -> ]Which skin is that?

Phunk'n

Black:
http://www.msgpluslive.net/skins/view/10...--Infusco/

White:
http://www.msgpluslive.net/skins/view/10...---Niveus/
Thank you, they're awsome Big Grin
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