Assigning color sets and highlight groups


    Each menu can have one color set assigned to it. As a result, all the buttons on a menu use the same color settings for the normal state. The colors used for the selected and activated states depend upon which highlight group is assigned to each button and the definition for those groups. For example, many designers do not distinguish between the activated and selected states in a menu. Therefore, the color sets they define use the same colors for both states.

    You use the Properties palette to change a menu's color set or to change the highlight group assigned to its buttons. By selecting multiple menus or buttons in the Menus tab, you can change the color set or color group of several menus or buttons at the same time.

To change the color set of a menu or menus:

  1. Click the Menus tab to activate it.
  2. Select the menu you want to change. (Shift-click to select additional menus.)
  3. Click the Properties tab to activate it (or choose Window > Properties).
  4. Select the desired color set from the Color Set pop-up menu at the bottom of the palette. Adobe Encore DVD assigns a new color set to the menu, changing the colors used for the subpictures of its buttons.

To change the color group of a button or buttons:

  1. Click the Menus tab to activate it.
  2. Select the appropriate menu in the Menus tab. (Shift-click to select additional menus.)
  3. Select the button you want to change. (Shift-click to select additional buttons.)
  4. Click the Properties tab to activate it (or choose Window > Properties).
  5. In the Properties palette, select the desired color group from the Highlight pop-up menu. Adobe Encore DVD assigns the selected Color Group to the subpicture of the button or buttons.