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ISPF provides the CUA Attribute Change Utility to allow you to change the default values of panel colors, intensities, and highlights for panel element attributes. See the z/OS ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference for a description of TYPE values for CUA panel element attributes.

To invoke the ISPF CUA Attribute Change Utility, perform one of these actions:

Select the CUA attributes... choice from the Colors pull-down.
Issue the ISPF system command CUAATTR from any ISPF command line.

The CUA Attribute Change Utility panel shown in Figure 1 is displayed. This is a scrollable panel that contains the current values for CUA panel element attribute colors, intensities, and highlights.

Figure 1. CUA Attribute Change Utility panel (ISPOPT11)

 ┌─────────────────────────────── ISPF Settings ───────────────────────────────┐
 │                        CUA Attribute Change Utility                         │
 │                                                                             │
 │ Change colors, intensities, or highlights for panel attribute elements.     │
 │ Enter the EXIT command to save changes or enter the CANCEL command to exit  │
 │ without saving. To restore the defaults for a type, clear the field and     │
 │ press Enter or select the Defaults point-and-shoot field to restore all     │
 │ default settings for all types.                                             │
 │                                                                             │
 │ Panel Element                  Color         Intensity  Highlight           │
 │                                                                More:     +  │
 │ AB Selected Choice . . . . . . YELLOW        LOW        NONE                │
 │ AB Separator Line  . . . . . . BLUE          LOW        NONE                │
 │ AB Unselected Choice . . . . . WHITE         HIGH       NONE                │
 │ Action Message Text  . . . . . RED           HIGH       NONE                │
 │ Active Window Frame  . . . . . BLUE          HIGH                           │
 │ Caution Text . . . . . . . . . YELLOW        HIGH       NONE                │
 │ Choice Entry Field . . . . . . TURQ          LOW        USCORE              │
 │ Column Heading . . . . . . . . BLUE          HIGH       NONE                │
 │ Descriptive Text . . . . . . . GREEN         LOW        NONE                │
 │ Command ===>                                                     Defaults   │
 │  F1=Help        F2=Split       F3=Exit        F7=Backward    F8=Forward     │
 │  F9=Swap       F12=Cancel                                                   │
 └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

You can change the default values by typing over the existing values in the table with new values. Table 1 shows valid change values:

You can restore an attribute to its default value by setting its field to blank and pressing Enter. To restore all the attributes to their default values, select the Defaults point-and-shoot field at the end of the command line.

Table 1. Valid CUA attribute change values
Color Choices	Intensity Choices	Highlight Choices
RED	HIGH	NONE
PINK	LOW	BLINK
GREEN		REVERSE
YELLOW		USCORE
BLUE
TURQ
WHITE

In the CUA Attribute Change Utility table, if a field is left blank and Enter is pressed, the field defaults to the ISPF provided CUA-defined default value. Changes made to AB Selected Choice, AB Unselected Choice, Action Message Text, Function Keys, Informational Message Text, and Warning Message Text take effect immediately. Changes to other panel elements are reflected in the next panel display. The values of the panel colors, intensities, and highlights are saved across ISPF invocations in your ISPF system profile table, ISPSPROF. The changes to the panel element values affect all logical screens.

The CUA Attribute Change Utility affects only ISPF's CUA-defined attribute keywords. For example, the CUA Attribute Change Utility does not override this panel element attribute:

    % TYPE(OUTPUT) COLOR(RED)

Color changes made using the ISPF Global Color Change Utility override changes made using the ISPF CUA Attribute Change Utility. For example, you can use the Global Color Change Utility and change red to blue. You might then use the CUA Attribute Change Utility and change normal text to red. Normal text will display as blue.

The ISPF-supported CUA-defined default values for the panel element attributes are listed in z/OS ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference.