Décor

The Décor menu lets you control the appearance of your games, including the use of color, the card size, the cardback design, the window background pattern,, and more.

Menu Items

Blueberry
Grape
Graphite
Lime
Strawberry
Tangerine 
Select any of these items to choose a color scheme to match your Macintosh.

Ante Up
AppleWood
Late Night
Opal
Valentine
Select any of these items to choose a color scheme to match your mood.

More Choices… 
Select this item to open the Cards & Patterns window. This window lets you completely customize the appearance the game window. See The Cards & Patterns Window below for a full discussion of its features. This menu item is available only when a game is in progress, and the game window is in color.

The Cards & Patterns Window

Select More Choices from the Décor menu to display the Cards & Patterns dialog window, which contains the following controls:

(See picture: The Cards & Patterns Window.)

Display area. The large area at the right of the window, showing the hand and a small column of cards, shows you what your choices will look like. Whenever you make a change in the Cards & Patterns window, your new choice will be displayed here so you can see what your choice will look like in the game window.

Scrolling list of patterns. The scrolling list at the left of the window lets you select a background pattern for the game window. To select a pattern, scroll the list until you see one you like, then click on that pattern.

Scrolling list of cards. The scrolling list towards the center of the window lets you select a cardback design. To select a cardback design, scroll the list until you see one you like, then click on that design.

Small, Medium, Large. Use these buttons to choose how large or small you want your cards and game layout. Selecting Small will give you the smallest possible layout, suitable for small monitors; the cards are small and some users may find them hard to read. Selecting Medium will give you larger cards and a more spacious layout, good for medium-sized monitors. Selecting Large will give you the largest layout and will draw the cards in a less realistic but easier-to-read format.

Red Numbers. Selecting Red Numbers will draw all Hearts and Diamonds with red numbers instead of black ones. Using red numbers makes it easier to tell red cards from black ones, but may make it harder to read the numbers, especially in the smaller card sizes.

Original Deck, Marion Deck. Use these buttons to choose between two different sets of card faces. The Original Deck is the one that Solitaire Till Dawn has used since version 1.0; the Marion Deck was introduced in version 4.0 and is the default choice.

OK and Cancel. Click OK after you have made all your choices to save them and make the Cards & Patterns window disappear. If you decide to make no changes after all, click Cancel instead.