colors.ini file question

Anybody know if you can change the chat history background to translucent using the colors.ini file?

The section from the colors_base.ini file for the chat history is:

// Chat History dialog
ChatHistoryBgColor   0    0  0  0
ChatHistoryTextColor 255 255 255 255

I want to be able to see through the chat history so it doesn't block out the world so that I can see the local chat without having the IM's stuck in it .

One might think that a chat history background alpha value of zero would make the chat history background transparent but they must mean something different than what it sounds to me like it means because it doesn't make it where you can see through it.

Our chat system is too primitive.

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in other words i would like the chat history window to look more like it does when it is doesn't have the focus when it is does have the focus.

Yeah, indeed you can. That an everything else. Here is a sample of mine. It still needs some tweaking. Keep in mind that its best to restart sl vs use the in-game reload settings file/reload xml. One, not all changes take place when reloading colors. Two, occasionally sl may crash and corrupt itself when doing that. Anyway, enjoy!

version 101
// colors.ini
// Use this file to provide your own custom colors for the 
// Second Life user interface.
//
// Copy lines here from colors_base.ini and modify them
// to your heart's content.
//
// The colors are in the format: <red> <green> <blue> <alpha>
// 0 0 0 255 = black, fully opaque
// 255 255 255 255 = white, fully opaque
// 0 0 0 128 = black, half transparent
//
// The file version must appear before any comments.
// Comments must start at the beginning of a line.
// Set tab stops to 4 for best alignment.
//
// Example:
// Make avatar names bright green:
// AvatarNameColor	0 255 0 255
// Color of the names over avatar heads
AvatarNameColor	251 175 93 128
BalanceTextColor 0 255 0 128
// These are "blended" with the button graphics, and hence should 
// usually be left as opaque white.
ButtonColor	 255 255 255 128
ButtonImageColor 255 255 255 128
// Text labels for buttons, like the "OK" text
ButtonLabelColor	 220 220 220 128
ButtonLabelSelectedColor 220 220 220 128
ButtonLabelDisabledColor 147 169 213 128
ButtonLabelSelectedDisabledColor 164 190 237 128
ButtonSelectedBgColor 62 62 62 128
ButtonSelectedColor 255 255 255 128
ButtonUnselectedBgColor 62 62 62 128
ButtonUnselectedFgColor 255 255 255 128
ButtonBorderColor 255 255 255 128
// Chat History dialog
ChatHistoryBgColor 0 0 0 0
ChatHistoryTextColor 255 255 255 128
// The close box is a white image that receives this color.
CloseboxImageColor 239 156 0 255
// The drop shadow behind windows and menus. 
// The button one is baked into the graphic.
ColorDropShadow	0 0 0 80
DefaultBackgroundColor 62 62 62 100
DefaultHighlightDark 26 26 26 80
DefaultHighlightLight 115 132 155 80
DefaultShadowDark 26 26 26 80
DefaultShadowLight 0 0 0 80
// Color of the rectangle around entry fields with keyboard focus.
FocusColor	 238 156 0 255
FocusSecondaryColor 171 212 245 255
// Edit mode grid
GridFocusPointColor 255 255 255 80
GridlineColor	255 255 255 50
GridlineBGColor	235 235 255 0
GridlineShadowColor 0 0 0 0
HealthTextColor	255 255 255 255
 
HelpBgColor	 200 209 204 128
HelpFgColor	 0 0 0 128
HelpScrollTrackColor 183 184 188 128
HelpScrollThumbColor 80 96 124 128
HelpScrollHighlightColor 115 132 155 128
HelpScrollShadowColor 0 0 0 80
 
LabelDisabledColor 147 169 213 77
LabelSelectedColor 255 255 255 255
LabelSelectedDisabledColor 164 190 237 128
LabelTextColor	147 169 213 255
MapAutopilotColor 255 128 0 255
// Menus on the top of the screen
MenuBarBgColor	62 62 62 0
MenuNonProductionBgColor 128 0 0 128
MenuDefaultBgColor 0 0 0 0
MenuItemDisabledColor 133 133 164 100
MenuItemEnabledColor 255 255 255 128
MenuItemHighlightBgColor 183 184 188 100
MenuItemHighlightFgColor 255 255 255 255
MenuPopupBgColor 0 0 0 128
// Background color for the Mini-Map
NetMapBackgroundColor 0 0 0 77
// Notify boxes are the slide-down notifications at the 
// top-right of the screen.
NotifyBoxColor	58 147 242 255
NotifyTipColor	58 147 242 255
OpaqueBackgroundColor 62 62 62 120
// Menu that spawns on right-click
PieMenuBgColor	62 62 62 77
PieMenuLineColor 0 0 0 128
PieMenuSelectedColor 183 184 188 77
// Colors for property lines and land ownership overlay
PropertyColorAvail 0 0 0 0
PropertyColorGroup 0 184 184 102
PropertyColorOther 255 0 0 102
PropertyColorSelf 0 255 0 102
PropertyColorForSale 255 128 0 102
// match the color on the world map
PropertyColorAuction 128 0 255 102
ScrollBgReadOnlyColor 200 209 204 128
ScrollBgWriteableColor 200 209 204 128
ScrollBGStripeColor 100 100 100 40
ScrollDisabledColor 128 128 128 204
ScrollSelectedBGColor 100 100 188 150
ScrollSelectedFGColor 0 0 0 204
ScrollUnselectedColor 0 0 0 204
ScrollHighlightedColor 183 184 188 128
ScrollbarThumbColor 60 76 124 255
ScrollbarTrackColor 153 154 158 255
// Outline for selected objects in world
SilhouetteParentColor 255 255 0 128
SilhouetteChildColor 32 106 196 128
HighlightParentColor 255 255 0 128
HighlightChildColor 171 212 245 128
// For "context" highlighting, i.e. pie menu 
ContextSilhouetteColor 239 156 0 255
// Horizontal sliders, as in the audio preferences
SliderDisabledThumbColor 0 0 0 255 
SliderThumbCenterColor 183 184 188 255
SliderThumbOutlineColor 0 0 0 255
SliderTrackColor 0 0 0 255
TextBgFocusColor 200 209 204 20
TextBgReadOnlyColor 0 0 0 0
TextBgWriteableColor 200 209 204 128
TextCursorColor	0 0 0 255 
TextFgColor	 0 0 0 255
TextFgReadOnlyColor 0 0 0 128
TextFgTentativeColor 0 0 0 128
ScriptBgReadOnlyColor 100 100 100 128
// Pop-up tips on UI elements and in-world objects
ToolTipBgColor	183 184 188 128
ToolTipBorderColor 171 212 245 128 
ToolTipTextColor 0 0 0 128

Thanks Neil, I will do some chopping on it and see if the chat history can be made transparent background without also making things like the editor window transparent too. Previous fiddling seemed to indicate that the items with ChatHistory in the name did not make the change that one might think.

Oh, if only we hand a slender little property bar for object editing that would dock at the top or bottom of the screen and be able to be left up if we wanted so it wouldn't get in the way all time, but that's another matter entirely.