Why no red, green, yellow?

[StratoMAC]

How come everytime I see a screenshot of a window in either Tiger or Leopard, the maximize, minimize, and close window buttons are always red, yellow, and green..........but mine are always just GRAY, with a +, -, and x inside them?

I am running Leopard....is there an option to change this?

Thanks!

 

[siurpeeman]

under the appearance system preference, is your appearance color chosen as graphite?

 

[pknz]

Yes, System Preferences > Appearance

Change it from Charcoal to Blue

 

[one1]

system prefs>appearance>blue

(Post stamp says 3 way tie! )

 

[richard.mac]

haha awesome^

siurpeeman made a screen shot and attached it and you other posters didnt! tsk tsk...

 

[Shannighan]

haha awesome^

siurpeeman made a screen shot and attached it and you other posters didnt! tsk tsk...

and they still had it at the same time.
anyway this is good to know as i like the colors. does everything become blue though?

 

[Makosuke]

does everything become blue though?

The top left Apple, the scroll bars, and the menu highlight stripe will be blue, the buttons will be colored, and that's pretty much it.

[Edit: Of course it takes like 5 seconds to try it, so just see for yourself...]

 

[StratoMAC]

Thank you everyone...

I really appreciate your responding to my question, everyone. I especially appreciated the screen shot. I did change from Graphite to Blue and indeed the buttons changed to red, yellow, and green. The vertical scroll bar changed to blue but otherwise I don't see much change. Perfect!

Cheers!!