Changing the Selection-Color

[PRP]

Hello Everyone

I'd like to change the selection color — not the color of the object itself, but the color that highlights the object when it's selected. Currently, it's cyan for me, but since I'm working with cyan in my print design, it's hard to see the selection.

I've already found where to change the colors for guides, grids and similar elements, but I can't find an option to change the selection or highlight color.

Does anyone know more about this? Thanks in advance!

[loukash]

In Designer and Publisher:

1. nest your object(s) into a plain "non-pixel" layer (Layer→New Layer)
2. in the Layers panel, right-click on the layer and select Properties
3. change the layer color

In Photo you can only add pixel layers or groups which don't have the Properties option, so you'll have to temporarily switch to Designer or Publisher via "File→Edit in" to add a "non-pixel" layer, then switch back to Photo for anything else.

[PRP]

Thanks a lot! That’s exactly what I was looking for. But isn’t there a way to change the plain color on all pages at once?

[loukash]

No, it's apparently hard-coded.

A workflow for new documents might be to create a template with a default layer that already has your favorite layer color set.

In existing documents, you'd need to create a blank custom color layer just once, then copy it and paste onto each page.
For such purpose, I'm usually using a spare master page that also serves me as a non-printing notepad and the like.

Existing nested layers (as in "Layers", not regular objects) won't inherit their parent layer's color properties, however.

[PRP]

2 minutes ago, loukash said:

No, it's apparently hard-coded.

A workflow for new documents might be to create a template with a default layer that already has your favorite layer color set.

In existing documents, you'd need to create a blank custom color layer just once, then copy it and paste onto each page.
For such purpose, I'm usually using a spare master page that also serves me as a non-printing notepad and the like.

Existing nested layers (as in "Layers", not regular objects) won't inherit their parent layer's color properties, however.

That’s really good input. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 😊😊