Blue! color scheme changed (and hardcoded in source code to ensure consistency with image files).

app/EditorButtons.java

@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ public class EditorButtons extends JComponent implements MouseInputListener {
 
     currentRollover = -1;
 
-    bgcolor = Preferences.getColor("buttons.bgcolor");
-
+	// hardcoding new blue color scheme for consistency with images,
+	// see EditorStatus.java for details.		
+    //bgcolor = Preferences.getColor("buttons.bgcolor");
+	bgcolor = new Color(0x04, 0x4F, 0x6F);
+	
     status = "";
 
     statusFont = Preferences.getFont("buttons.status.font");

app/EditorHeader.java

@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ public class EditorHeader extends JComponent {
     }
 
     if (backgroundColor == null) {
-      backgroundColor =
-        Preferences.getColor("header.bgcolor");
+      //backgroundColor =
+        //Preferences.getColor("header.bgcolor");
+	  // hardcoding new blue color scheme for consistency with images,
+	  // see EditorStatus.java for details.		
+      backgroundColor = new Color(0x21, 0x68, 0x86);
       textColor[SELECTED] =
         Preferences.getColor("header.text.selected.color");
       textColor[UNSELECTED] =

app/EditorLineStatus.java

@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ public class EditorLineStatus extends JComponent {
     this.textarea = textarea;
     textarea.editorLineStatus = this;
 
-    background = Preferences.getColor("linestatus.bgcolor");
+	// hardcoding new blue color scheme for consistency with images,
+	// see EditorStatus.java for details.
+    //background = Preferences.getColor("linestatus.bgcolor");
+	background = new Color(0x04, 0x4F, 0x6F);
     font = Preferences.getFont("linestatus.font");
     foreground = Preferences.getColor("linestatus.color");
     high = Preferences.getInteger("linestatus.height");

app/EditorStatus.java

@@ -76,7 +76,19 @@ public class EditorStatus extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
 
     if (bgcolor == null) {
       bgcolor = new Color[4];
-      bgcolor[0] = Preferences.getColor("status.notice.bgcolor");
+	  // Arduino 0003 switched to a blue color scheme to visually distinguish
+	  // itself from Processing.  Because the image files for certain interface
+	  // elements (e.g. buttons and tabs) are distributed with the application
+	  // while the preference file that specifies the IDE colors is stored in
+	  // the user's home directory and shared across all versions of Arduino,
+	  // we need to hardcode certain colors here to match the images.
+	  // Otherwise, users who used different multiple versions of the software
+	  // would sometimes see colors that didn't match the interface elements.
+	  // This is a hack and prevents users from customizing the IDE colors,
+	  // however, it obviates the need to provide for version-specific
+	  // preferences.
+      //bgcolor[0] = Preferences.getColor("status.notice.bgcolor");
+	  bgcolor[0] = new Color(0x54, 0x91, 0x9e);
       bgcolor[1] = Preferences.getColor("status.error.bgcolor");
       bgcolor[2] = Preferences.getColor("status.prompt.bgcolor");
       bgcolor[3] = Preferences.getColor("status.prompt.bgcolor");

build/shared/lib/preferences.txt

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 # !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
+# Some colors have been hardcoded into the source in app/ in order to ensure
+# consistency with the images distributed and stored with the application.
+# They have been commented out below so that users who install an old
+# version of the software will not get incorrect colors left-over from this
+# config file.
 
 # DEFAULT PATHS FOR SKETCHBOOK AND SETTINGS
 
@@ -125,13 +130,13 @@ editor.eolmarkers.color=#99991A
 editor.invalid=false
 editor.invalid.style=#7E7E00,bold
 
-buttons.bgcolor      = #044F6F
+#buttons.bgcolor      = #044F6F
 buttons.status.font  = SansSerif,plain,12
 buttons.status.color = #FFFFFF
 
 # settings for the tabs at the top
 # actual tab images are stored in the lib/ folder
-header.bgcolor               = #216886
+#header.bgcolor               = #216886
 header.text.selected.color   = #1A1A00
 header.text.unselected.color = #ffffff
 header.text.font             = SansSerif,plain,12
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ console.auto_clear = true
 console.length = 500
 
 status.notice.fgcolor = #ffffff
-status.notice.bgcolor = #54919E
+#status.notice.bgcolor = #54919E
 status.error.fgcolor  = #ffffff 
 status.error.bgcolor  = #662000
 status.prompt.fgcolor = #000000
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ preproc.imports.jdk14 = javax.xml.parsers,javax.xml.transform,javax.xml.transfor
 browser.linux = mozilla
 
 # coloring for the editor line number status bar at the bottom of the screen
-linestatus.bgcolor = #044F6F
+#linestatus.bgcolor = #044F6F
 linestatus.font	   = SansSerif,plain,10
 linestatus.color   = #ffffff
 linestatus.height  = 20

readme.txt

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Now flushing the serial port before uploading (should fix some errors).
 Added a printNewline() function.
 Updated icon of the Windows executable.
 Improved accuracy of the delayMicroseconds() function.
+New blue color scheme and icons courtesy of Noah Shibley (colors are hardcoded
+into the source to ensure consistency with image files).
 
 0002 - 2005.10.05
 New build process no longer uses makefiles; now controlled by preferences.txt.