SET COLOR command (full-screen and line mode)

Provides control of the color, highlighting, and intensity attributes when the SCREEN setting is ON. The color, highlighting, and intensity keywords can be specified in any order.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram SET COLOR color_attributesUI_elements;
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Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramCYCLEBLUEGREENPINKREDTURQUOISEWHITEYELLOWBLINKNONEREVERSEUNDERLINEHIGHLOW
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Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramCURSORCOMMANDLINELOGLINESMEMORYADDRESSCHARACTERHEXADECIMALINFORMATIONOFFSETMONITORAREALINESPROGRAMOUTPUTSOURCEAREABREAKPOINTSCURRENTPREFIXSUFFIXTARGETFIELDTESTINPUTOUTPUTTITLEFIELDSHEADERSTOFEOFMARKERWINDOWHEADERS
CYCLE
Causes the color to change to the next one in the sequence of colors. The sequence follows the order shown in the syntax diagram.
BLINK
Causes the characters to blink (if supported by the terminal).
NONE
Causes the characters to appear in normal type.
REVERSE
Transforms the characters to reverse video (if supported by the terminal).
UNDERLINE
Causes the characters to be underlined (if supported by the terminal).
HIGH
Causes screen colors to be high intensity (if supported by the terminal).
LOW
Causes screen colors to be low intensity (if supported by the terminal).
CURSOR
Specifies that cursor pointing is used to select the field. Optionally, you can type in the field name (for example, COMMAND LINE) as shown in the syntax diagram.
COMMAND LINE
Selects the command input line (preceded by ===>).
LOG LINES
Selects the line number portion of the log window.
MEMORY ADDRESS
Selects the address column of the memory dump area.
MEMORY BASE ADDRESS
Selects the history lines and the base address of the information area.
MEMORY CHARACTER
Selects the character column of the memory dump area.
MEMORY HEXADECIMAL
Selects the hexadecimal column of the memory dump area.
MEMORY INFORMATION
Selects the history lines of the information area.
MEMORY OFFSET
Selects the offset column of the memory dump area.
MONITOR AREA
Selects the primary area of the monitor window.
MONITOR LINES
Selects the line number portion of the monitor window.
PROGRAM OUTPUT
Selects the application program output displayed in the log window.
SOURCE AREA
Selects the primary area of the Source window.
SOURCE BREAKPOINTS
Selects the source prefix fields next to statements where breakpoints are set.
SOURCE CURRENT
Selects the line containing the source statement that is about to be performed.
SOURCE PREFIX
Selects the statement identifier column at the left of the Source window.
SOURCE SUFFIX
Selects the frequency column at the right of the Source window.
TARGET FIELD
Selects the target of a FIND command in full-screen mode, if found.
TEST INPUT
Selects the z/OS® Debugger input displayed in the log window.
TEST OUTPUT
Selects the z/OS Debugger output displayed in the log window.
TITLE FIELDS
Selects the information fields in the top line of the screen, such as current programming language setting or the current location within the program.
TITLE HEADERS
Selects the descriptive headers in the top line of the screen, such as location.
TOFEOF MARKER
Selects the top-of-file and end-of-file lines in the session panel windows.
WINDOW HEADERS
Selects the header lines for the windows in the main session panel.

Examples

  • Set the Source window display area to yellow reverse video. 
    SET COLOR YELLOW REVERSE SOURCE AREA;
  • Set the monitor window display area to high intensity green. 
    SET COLOR HIGH GREEN MONITOR AREA;