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Posted by ducarmont
ducarmont
30,575 Points

Code markdown colors - Is there a way to change the colors displayed in the forum for (), [], and {}?

They are very hard to see when trying to help people in the forum. Does anyone else agree / have this issue?

3 Answers

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

I agree! Specifically for me it is the JavaScript syntax highlighting that I find hard to read.

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Faye Bridge, Not sure if this is a support team matter but can this be looked into?

James Page
James Page
9,621 Points
James Page
James Page
9,621 Points

I was just about to post the same question! The colours are really difficult to see for those characters, as well as , . and ;.

Carol Dew
Carol Dew
5,923 Points
Carol Dew
Carol Dew
5,923 Points

I agree! I can barely read them, and I'm having trouble reading the code on some (MOST) of the videos in which the instructor uses a black screen with light colours in the text editor.

I'm sure it would be next to impossible to re-record the videos, but it shouldn't be that hard to change the forum Markdown colours and Workspaces colours.

Isn't it one of the first rules of accessibility, to allow the user to change colours and contrast (and font-size... try doing THAT in Workspaces; not even zooming the page itself works) to suit their visual needs? :) I'm old and can't see as well as I could when I was younger... and I was near-sighted even then!