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Posted by: Nate Jensen
Date: April 03, 2018 06:51AM

I have been unable to figure out how to change the text color in MySQL Workbench when the **text is highlighted**. I'm happy with all my other text and background colors in the `code_editor.xml` file (which I have just spent 2 hours customizing to resemble SQL Server Management Studio colors):

<style id= "0" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_DEFAULT -->
<style id= "1" fore-color="#008000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_COMMENT -->
<style id= "2" fore-color="#008000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_COMMENTLINE -->
<style id= "3" fore-color="#A58E37" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_VARIABLE -->
<style id= "4" fore-color="#A58E37" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_SYSTEMVARIABLE -->
<style id= "5" fore-color="#A58E37" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_KNOWNSYSTEMVARIABLE -->
<style id= "6" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_NUMBER -->
<style id= "7" fore-color="#0000FF" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_MAJORKEYWORD -->
<style id= "8" fore-color="#0000FF" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_KEYWORD -->
<style id= "9" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_DATABASEOBJECT -->
<style id="10" fore-color="#C04000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_PROCEDUREKEYWORD -->
<style id="11" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_STRING -->
<style id="12" fore-color="#FF0000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_SQSTRING -->
<style id="13" fore-color="#FF0000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_DQSTRING -->
<style id="14" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_OPERATOR -->
<style id="15" fore-color="#C040C0" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_FUNCTION -->
<style id="16" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_IDENTIFIER -->
<style id="17" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_QUOTEDIDENTIFIER -->
<style id="18" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_USER1 -->
<style id="19" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_USER2 -->
<style id="20" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_USER3 -->
<style id="21" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_HIDDENCOMMAND -->
<style id="22" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_PLACEHOLDER -->

<!-- These two are for scintilla globally. -->
<style id="32" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#E3DDBF" bold="No" /> <!-- STYLE_DEFAULT THIS IS THE ONE FOR THE BACKGROUND!!!!! -->
<style id="33" fore-color="#000000" back-color="#DDDDDD" bold="No" /> <!-- STYLE_LINENUMBER -->

<!-- All styles again in their variant in a hidden command (with a 0x40 offset). -->
<style id="65" fore-color="#999999" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_COMMENT -->
<style id="66" fore-color="#999999" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_COMMENTLINE -->
<style id="67" fore-color="#DDDDDD" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_VARIABLE -->
<style id="68" fore-color="#9B859D" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_SYSTEMVARIABLE -->
<style id="69" fore-color="#9B859D" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_KNOWNSYSTEMVARIABLE -->
<style id="70" fore-color="#FF8080" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_NUMBER -->
<style id="71" fore-color="#7AAAD7" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_MAJORKEYWORD -->
<style id="72" fore-color="#7AAAD7" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_KEYWORD -->
<style id="73" fore-color="#9B859D" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_DATABASEOBJECT -->
<style id="74" fore-color="#DDDDDD" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_PROCEDUREKEYWORD -->
<style id="75" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_STRING -->
<style id="76" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_SQSTRING -->
<style id="77" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_DQSTRING -->
<style id="78" fore-color="#FFBB80" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_OPERATOR -->
<style id="79" fore-color="#9B859D" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_FUNCTION -->
<style id="80" fore-color="#DDDDDD" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_IDENTIFIER -->
<style id="81" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_QUOTEDIDENTIFIER -->
<style id="82" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_USER1 -->
<style id="83" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_USER2 -->
<style id="84" fore-color="#B9CB89" back-color="#707070" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_USER3 -->
<style id="85" fore-color="#FFBB80" back-color="#909090" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_HIDDENCOMMAND -->
<style id="86" fore-color="#AAAAAA" back-color="#909090" bold="No" /> <!-- SCE_MYSQL_PLACEHOLDER -->

It's so incredibly tedious in workbench to experiment by changing 1 color code, save, close Workbench, re-open workbench, open a connection, view a sql/text file, evaluate colors...after each change. So I'm hoping somebody will know which style element/attribute needs to change to affect the text color when that text is highlighted. *Note: The highlighted text background color is fine.*

Thanks in advance.

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