3. ECDIS Display
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3.3 User Interface
The user interface is defined as the areas that do not display the electronic chart, either raster chart or vector chart.
The user interface contains information about settings, parameters and selections used by the ECDIS. The nature of
the information displayed can be either static (such as name of a certain window, fields in chart legend, units, etc.)
or dynamic (such as position of your ship, time, operator selections, etc.).
3.3.1 Color palettes for user interface
There are several color palettes available for choosing colors for the chart background and information areas.
Setting Background color of chart Background color of information area
Day Bright Light-blue White
Day Blue Light-blue Dark-blue
Dusk Blue Black
Dusk Blue Blue Dark-blue
Night Black Black
With any palette selection except Day Bright, text is shown in different colors to help you distinguish between them.
For example, dynamic data like your ship's position, time and items with direct control of parameters (scale,
predictor time, etc.) is shown in green color.
To select a color palette, do the following:
1. Set the cursor in the electronic chart area.
2. Spin the scrollwheel to show Chart Display/Info/Standard Display in the mouse functions area.
3. Push the left mouse button to open the Chart Display dialog box.
4. If the "Chart page" is not selected, click an arrow tab in the dialog box to display it.
5. Put the cursor on Palette.
6. Spin the scrollwheel to select desired palette, referring to the table above, then push the scrollwheel.
7. Click the X at the top right corner of the dialog box to close the box.
Note: The display colors are changed to the Windows standard color palette whenever a USB memory device is
inserted or removed. (When Windows initiates USB recognition procedures, the Windows standard color palette is
restored.) To restore the ECDIS color palette, open the Chart Display menu and follow the procedure on this page.
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