Reply to note from Edward Mendelson <em36@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:04:46 -0500 Edward, The setting you're looking for is L2 (PRompt/status line color control), in particular, the first value of that setting, which controls the color of the window number, path, etc. L2 is part of a series of settings, L0 - L4, that determine the colors in the command header (first three lines of display), and in menus and dialog boxes. A while back I documented these settings for myself, having tired of floundering whenever I wanted to tweak one of them. See below for a description of the entire set. The U2 command HELP COLOR displays the colors in effect for the numbered MoDes (0 - 255) and the alphabetic character modes (UL, IT, BO, and so forth). This should help identify your desired color settings. You'll see in SETTINGS.DFL that the values assigned to L2 and the other L# settings are chosen from the numeric MoDes. L0 (Menu Bar Color Control) df L0=i,h,a,b ------------- i items in menu bar h highlighted menu item a accelerator character b background color of menu bar L1 (Command Line Color Control) df L1=c,t,w,f ------------- c current path t text on CMline w wildcards f functions L2 (Status Line Color Control) df L2=l,m,b,o,s --------------- l field labels and indicators (path, window number, date, etc.) m prompt messages b background color of fields (path, window number, date, etc.) o color for prompts requiring a user response s color for warning prompts L3 (Ruler Line Color Control) df L3=d,c,m,t ------------- d color for dots and numbers on ruler line c color for cursor on ruler line m tab indicators on ruler line t color of dot indicating active column in a table L4 (Pulldown Menus, Dialog Box, and Help Screen Color Control) df L4=i,h,a,d,b --------------- i color of available items in pulldown menus, dialog boxes, Help screens h color for highlighted pulldown menu item a color for accelerator character in each menu item d color for dimmer (unavailable) items in pulldown menu b color for highlighted item in list box -- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxxxx