Schematic ignoring color preferences change

Schematic
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Windows 10 x64, V8.0.7

Preferences - Schematic - Colors - Symbol body fills : Ignores any changed color when clicking ‘OK’. Might this be a Windows-only problem ?

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Sorry about the delay to reply:

Application: KiCad x64 on x64

Version: 8.0.7, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.6
FreeType 2.13.3
HarfBuzz 10.0.1
FontConfig 2.15.0
libcurl/8.10.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1

Platform: Windows 10 (build 19045), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Dec 3 2024 15:58:01
wxWidgets: 3.2.6 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.86.0
OCC: 7.8.1
Curl: 8.10.1-DEV
ngspice: 43
Compiler: Visual C++ 1939 without C++ ABI

Thanks

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Are you using your own color theme, or trying to change a “Read only” theme?
Can you change the colors of other items?

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No, I’m just trying to change the symbol fill color.

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What about this question?

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And also this question?

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Not using a color theme other than the default.

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Nope. Here’s what’s shown in the schematic color picker pop up:

KICAD CHANGE DEFAULT COLORS
KICAD CHANGE DEFAULT COLORS741×533 33.8 KB

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Which default? It’s still not clear if you’ve selected the editable theme, or have the default read-only one:

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image1920×1121 139 KB

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Here is your problem:

ksnip_20250521-153722
ksnip_20250521-1537221074×705 80.4 KB

Kicad default color schemes are “read only”.

You must have a personal color scheme to be able to change any colors in Kicad.
To create a personal color scheme: Preferences > Schematic editor > Colors then click on the triangle at the RHS of the “Theme box” (where red arrow is pointing above). Select “New theme”, type in a name, OK. The new themw is exactly the same as the kicad theme originally showing, but now it is also yours and can now be modified.

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Thanks. This didn’t seem obvious.