Colour printing

[John Brand]

Question: Having set up the various object and background colours as I want them on a class diagram; when I print preview the paper back ground is still white even though on the screen it is a pastel purple or green. Have I missed something or is a coloured background not possible?

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Hi John,

I believe it's currently not possible.  I believe (I can't be sure since I've asked for SO many things over the years and there's no way to track them once they've landed on planet Sparx) that I asked for this to be changed about a year ago.

If you REALLY need a background, create a full size boundary and colour that...  Kludge, I know, but sometimes needs must.

HTH,
Paolo

[Geert Bellekens]

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember that there are some options regarding the way diagrams are printed, including something about colors.
Try "Options/Diagram/Appearance/Print in Color" (although I'm not sure if it changes anything to the background.)

Geert

[John Brand]

Thank you very much for the replies. Unfortuinately the 'print in colour' does not make any difference. I had hoped printing as an HTML would preserve the background colour in the gif but haven't managed to get this working. I think the boundary idea works but how do I get the boundary box a different colour to the class boxes? They are both elements and end up with the default appearance for elements?

[KP]

how do I get the boundary box a different colour to the class boxes?

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[John Brand]

Thanks a million! Hee-Haw!! Still think this should be available on the background. User friendly changing of font size and colour enrich the tool so much - where do Ii officially raise a ticket?

[Geert Bellekens]

link on the bottom of the page: feature request

Geert