# Lightburn visual changes

**URL:** <https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453>\
**Category:** Smoothieware\
**Created:** [February 16, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453 "2025-02-16T14:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rowjr](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Rowjr](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/Rowjr)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453/1 "2025-02-16T14:47:20Z")

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Since my last upgrade to 1.7.06 I’m having a difficult time seeing parts of the screen like adjusting width and height of my project. That area seems ghosted out compared to the rest of screen. The area that shows the lock and you pick mm verses inches area. The rest of the screen seems darker was there a change here if so how do I darken it to see it better. I have tried adjusting settings but that section stays the same ?  
Respectfully,

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**Author:** ![ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/ednisley/32/40455_2.png) [@ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/ednisley)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453/2 "2025-02-16T15:19:29Z")

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> [@Rowjr](#):
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> That area seems ghosted out

It depends on whether an object in the workspace is selected.

Light gray means “nothing selected”:

 ![LightBurn - UI no selected object](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/e/8ea2d95c047cde8fe2adc55d1e6813f9bee565e0.png)

Dark(er) gray means “something selected”:

 ![LightBurn - UI selected object](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/b/0b91b32ebfe8376311b7c2c3fe56b07aec9a0fa2.png)

In either case, numeric field widths do not track the character size, so numbers lose their most significant digits without warning. Alas, reducing the character size to fit the fixed-width fields bumps against my readability limits.

Modern UI design seems created by and intended for twenty-something males with perfect vision.

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**Author:** ![parsec](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/parsec/32/118933_2.png) [@parsec](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/parsec)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453/3 "2025-02-16T15:46:24Z")

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Or bigger screens.

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**Author:** ![ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/ednisley/32/40455_2.png) [@ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/ednisley)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453/4 "2025-02-16T15:51:26Z")

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I deployed a 2560×1440 display a while ago and it’s already fallen off the trailing edge of the progress wedge.

Living in the future is great, but I’m pedaling as fast as I can! 🚴‍♂️

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**Author:** ![Rowjr](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Rowjr](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/Rowjr)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453/5 "2025-02-17T02:32:44Z")

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The gray stays the same while making changes which is why I posted this comment its hard to read for some reason while being selected ?

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**Author:** ![ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/ednisley/32/40455_2.png) [@ednisley](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/ednisley)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453/6 "2025-02-17T11:38:00Z")

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> [@Rowjr](#):
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> The gray stays the same while making changes

If it doesn’t change when nothing is selected in the workspace (click the workspace outside all the objects), then this could be an interaction with the Microsoft Surface UI.

A pair of [screenshots](https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/) with nothing selected and one object selected will let us see what you see.

With those, @JohnJohn will know how to proceed.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/system/32/64335_2.png) [@system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/lightburn-visual-changes/165453/7 "2025-03-19T11:38:16Z")

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Closed on March 19, 2025, 11:38am UTC

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