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2026	Allow setting label color and background defaults	olibclarke@…	Tom Goddard	"* The default label style used when using the “label” mouse mode vs the
“zone” mouse mode is different. The “label” mouse mode defaults to black
text (or white text if the background is black), while the “zone” mode
defaults to yellow text, on a black boxed background. The “zone” labels in
my opinion are much more readable, particularly when zoomed out a bit -
the opaque box background helps a lot with visibility in the context of a
complex structure. Is there any reason why both modes couldn’t use the
same label style? Perhaps for distances also?

Or maybe just let users configure some default global display preferences
in the “Labels” section of preferences - font (+color+scale in Å/px),
background (yes/no/color/transparency), etc, and then have these apply by
default to all labels.

Cheers
Oli
"	enhancement	assigned	moderate		Depiction				Elaine Meng				all	ChimeraX