NCSA Mosaic for MS Windows User Guide: Customizing


Anchors
The Anchors window provides options for changing aspects of your display.

Miscellaneous
- Change Cursor Over Anchor
- changes the cursor from the standard arrow to a hand with a pointed finger when on a hyperlink. If unchecked, the cursor remains an arrow when on a hyperlink.
- Underlined
- underlines all anchors, which is particularly useful if you are using a black and white monitor.)
- Show URL in Status Bar
- displays the URL of a hyperlink in the status bar when the cursor is over a hyperlink.
- Visually Age Visited Anchors
- ages the anchor color from visited to unvisited color during the period defined in Expire Visited Anchors (if that box is checked and a number is entered in the field). For example, if your visited anchor color is light blue and your unvisited anchor color is navy blue, the color of visited anchors slowly changes from light blue back to navy during the period specified in Expire Visited Anchors:.
If unchecked, visited anchors remain the visited color during the period defined in Expire Visited Anchors.
- Expire Visited Anchors: (days)
- changes anchors from the visited color to the unvisited color after the number of days specified in the field. If unchecked, visited anchors do not revert to the unvisited color. (Additionally, disables the Visually Age Visited Anchors option that works in conjunction with the expiration information.)
Select one radio button for your anchor highlighting and for activating anchor navigation with the left and right arrow keys:
- Framed radio button
- surrounds the current anchor with a solid frame
- Button radio button
- gives the current anchor a 3D button effect
- Hatched radio button
- surrounds the current anchor with a broken frame
- None radio button
- anchors are not modified by a frame, button, or hatched effect; the left and right arrow function is also disabled.
- Red, Green, Blue
- displays the RGB value for the current anchor frame color. Change the value of the color by changing the color number in the appropriate field.
- Change...
- opens a dialog box where a new color can be selected from the color palette
Unvisited Anchor Color
Unexplored anchors or ones that have expired are displayed in the color defined here.
- Red, Green, Blue
- displays the RGB value for the current anchor color. Change the value of the color by changing the color number in the appropriate field.
- Change... button
- opens a dialog box where a new color can be selected from the color palette
Visited anchors are displayed in the color defined here. NCSA Mosaic maintains a history of visited anchors and uses your chosen color to distinguish between visited and unvisited anchors.
- Red, Green, Blue
- displays the RGB value for the current anchor color. Change the value of the color by changing the color number in the appropriate field.
- Change... button
- opens a dialog box where a new color can be selected from the color palette.
- Clear button
- clears the current list of visited anchors (in global history)
Cached Anchor Color
If the On box is checked, visited documents saved in your disk cache are displayed in the color defined here.
- Red, Green, Blue
- displays the RGB value for the current cached anchor color. Change the value of the color by changing the color number in the appropriate field.
- Change...
- opens a dialog box where a new color can be selected from the color palette
- On button
- displays cached documents in the color defined in the Red, Green, and Blue fields. If unchecked, visited and cached documents are displayed in the visited anchor color.

