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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Highlighting
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Date: 28 Sep 90 15:47:34 GMT
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In article <10290.2701c468@amherst.bitnet> djvelleman@amherst.bitnet writes:
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>  Is there a routine I can call to highlight a region on the screen the way
>TextEdit does--using the user-selected highlighting color on a Mac II, and
>inverting black and white on other Macs?  If not, how can I find out what the
>users-selected highlighting color is?
>  Are there user interface guidelines for this?  Is it only supposed to be used
>for straight text, editable in the usual way, or can it be used for other
>kinds of selections?

Check out Inside Mac, Vol V-- it's called hiliteBit or something like that.
(yes, its in (horrors) a low memory global).

I wouldn't use it for color icons, but it seems reasonable to do it for
black and white ones (not sure what Human Interface has to say)
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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