Set HEX/Column Mode background color

[rmessier]

I cannot figure this out and I have been using UE for a long time. What I want to do is this. I want the background/foreground color to be different in column mode. I know you can change the font and I have done this. But I really want a visual que that I am in column mode. Nothin is more frustrating than frustrating then thinking your in 1 mode and bodgering your text...

[Mofi]

Write a feature request to IDM, because this is not possible at the moment.

I use the same font in normal text and hex/column mode. So this was a problem for me, too. A few years ago I first wrote a request to IDM, that the mode should be indicated in the status bar, but IDM told me, that the status bar is already full, which I have to agree.

But I found a working solution for me. I have placed the Column Mode and Hex Mode switching function into the toolbar and now the toolbar icons always shows me, which mode is actually active. I rarely use the toolbar icons to switch the modes, because I do it with keyboard shortcuts, but it is very helpful, that the icons show me the actual mode state.

[BengalTigger]

I agree, and would like something more than just the toolbar icon as an indicator.
A while back, I requested an option to allow changing the cursor to a full-screen vertical thin line with a cross-hair at the cursor location. This would not only serve as a clear visual indication when in column mode, but would also be an column alignment aid.