I updated to UltraEdit for Windows 2025.2.0.8 64-bit and the text entry areas in Find in Files are now backlit when I type in them:
and hard to read when not typing (currently using the Monokai Pro theme):
I've tried to figure out which part of the theme to set the style for to at least improve the reading but this has both a foreground and background color so I'm unsure which property to set. I also noticed the text entry boxes for lines before/after are a different color / backlit color when typing in them:
I would definitely love to turn off the backlighting.
I played a long time with various themes and theme color settings and my conclusion is that the background color of the edit boxes of the options In files/types and Directory on having the input focus in the Find in Files and Replace in Files window depends on RAM content on starting UltraEdit 2025.2.0.8. This color value is most likely not initialized which is a program code mistake (bug). I could see various different colors just by restarting UltraEdit and reopening Find in Files several times. I never saw the color as in your screenshot even on using the theme Monokai Pro too. The edit box background color on having input focus does not change on making any theme color change nor does it change on selecting a different theme. It changes only after a restart of UltraEdit which is another indication for an uninitialized and therefore random color value.
The background color of the Find in Files options lines before and lines after on having the input focus is always #889429 (RGB 136 148 41) as in your screenshot. That seems to be a fixed color value in code of UltraEdit 2025.2.0.8 or is also an uninitialized color value which by chance has always this color value.
The background color of the Find/Replace in Files option Subdirectories to ignore in search on having the input focus is always #203309 (RGB 32 51 9). That seems to be also a fixed color value in code of UltraEdit 2025.2.0.8 or is also an uninitialized color value which by chance has always this color value.
The background color of the Find/Replace in Files option File names/extensions to ignore in search on having the input focus is always #989729 (RGB 152 151 41). That seems to be also another fixed color value in code of UltraEdit 2025.2.0.8 or is also an uninitialized color value which by chance has always this color value.
I cannot imagine that four different active background color values for the edit boxes in Find in Files and Replace in Files are really by design.
That looks like a program code mistake which should be reported to support of UltraEdit, Inc. by email.
The color of text displayed in an edit box on not being selected is defined by the color configured for Input field text in the styles for the Miscellaneous group on the first tab Application in the Manage Themes dialog window. The edit box background color on not having the input focus is defined by the color configured for Input field background in same color settings group.
PS: I use myself a custom theme which is derived from the theme Classic. The edit boxes have always white as background color and the text color is always black with that theme on no text selected in an edit box independent on edit box not having or having the input focus. The active edit box background color issue does not bother me for that reason.
The background colors used in the Find and Replace window/view can be customized since UltraEdit/UEStudio 2025.2.0.24 (and also 2025.2.0.21).
In the Manage Themes dialog window on first tab Application select the styles for Miscellaneous.
The color for Dialog background is used for the background color of the edit areas for the from and to column on the tabs Find and Replace on item In column is not checked and for the background color of the items In files/types and Directory on something other than Files listed is selected for the item In on the tabs Find in Files and Replace In Files.
The color for Input field background is used as background color for all items in the Find and Replace window/view on In column is checked on the tabs Find and Replace and also as background color for In files/types and Directory on Files listed is selected for the item In on the tabs Find in Files and Replace In Files.
The background color in the Find what edit field on entered string is not found in active file is the color for Input field background with red color modified by adding hexadecimal 0F (decimal 15). That causes an unexpected "not found" background color if the red color part of the RGB value for Input field background has a color value greater or equal hexadecimal F0. Example: An RGB value like #FF0000 (just red) for Input field background becomes #FFF1F1 (similar to linen) and #F00000 becomes #F0F1F1. The color for Input field background should have for that reason a red color value less than decimal 240.
