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Colorize columns in the message list

Clicking on a column heading colorizes messages by type, to make messages easier to identify. For example, if you click on the timestamp column, messages are color-coded to group each 1-second tick of the clock. The time interval is configurable—see Options Dialog – Misc tab.

Colorizing does not change the order of entries in the messages list . It merely changes the background color of each entry, based on a column or regular expression.

Note: Individual colors do not have any special significance. Color is used in log viewer to group related data and to distinguish log entries. There is no correlation between a given log color and any particular type of data.

If you click Color Column on the View menu, you can select a column to colorize by from a context menu. If the message list contains many columns, it is easier to use the menu command than it is to scroll the list horizontally to locate a column to click on.

Regular Expressions

If you click By Regular Expression on the context menu, the Enter Coloring Regular Expressions dialog will appear. This dialog allows you to define a pattern of text to search for and colorize.

Clearing Colors

To remove coloring, on the View menu, click Color Column > None. This changes the background color for all messages to white.

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