[MlMt] white numbers in menu bar counter

Henry Seiden info at techworkspro.com
Tue Mar 14 16:45:29 EDT 2023


Glenn,

Mine are black on grey and I’m happy with that. Attached 6K file. Have 
not tweaked it since installation many versions ago.

Respectfully,

Henry Seiden
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Techworks Pro Co.
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On 14 Mar 2023, at 16:13, Glenn Parker wrote:

> On 14 Mar 2023, at 10:37, Shoshanna Green wrote:
>
>> Just updated to 5950 on my iMac running Big Sur 11.7.2, and the 
>> number in my menu bar counter has turned white, which makes it 
>> impossible to read against the light gray of the menu bar itself. Is 
>> there a way to adjust this? (I tried all four counters; they have 
>> different color circles around the number, but the number is always 
>> white.)
>
> I think the counter digits were always white. What has changed is the 
> oval background for the counters. It used to be a solid color, but now 
> it is a hollow oval outline with color on the border and a transparent 
> interior. Personally, I like this because the vivid, solid background 
> blobs were out of character with the rest of the menubar icons, but I 
> use dark mode for everything so I find it is still legible. I found 
> that the background colors can be tweaked by messing with the 
> “hidden” preferences, but I have found any way to adjust the 
> foreground color.
>
> Glenn P. Parker
> glenn.parker at comcast.net
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