# How to change the color of the UI elements not affected by the Theme Selector?

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743 "2023-09-11T13:49:00Z")
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### Author: ![AMartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AMartin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/AMartin)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743/1 "2023-09-11T13:49:00Z")

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For example, I have marked around the areas I’m talking about with red in the image.

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### Author: ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743/2 "2023-09-11T17:14:19Z")

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It appears that you are asking to change the ui.font.color of the menuBar and menuItems. Wouldn’t that depend on the operating system? e.g., on a Mac the font color changes when the Appearance changes. Dark mode uses a light colored font while Light mode uses a darker colored font. There are several colors in the theme.txt file in the main Processing sketchbook folder; you can check there, but I didn’t find anything to change the menuBar font color.

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### Author: ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743/3 "2023-09-11T18:25:58Z")

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> **[Themes](https://github.com/processing/processing4/wiki/Themes)**
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### Author: ![AMartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AMartin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/AMartin)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743/4 "2023-09-15T21:28:32Z")

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I tested every option in theme.txt, but to no avail.

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### Author: ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743/5 "2023-09-16T03:11:49Z")

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What operating system, ie macOS, windows, or linux?

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### Author: ![AMartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@AMartin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/AMartin)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-change-the-color-of-the-ui-elements-not-affected-by-the-theme-selector/42743/6 "2023-09-20T18:58:43Z")

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I’m using Windows. Thanks.