scook
At the time strip color was introduced, themes were not even in the planning phase. Because of design decisions made to implement strip color, themes and strip colors are mutually exclusive. There might come a day when strip color is rewritten to work with themes. Until then forget about trying to force strip color (header or full strip) into a theme unless you have a lot of time and are prepared to fail. For now, the only partial solution when using a custom theme is the same solution offered when the X series did not have colored strips (remember then). Here is the thread I recall about the subject http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/2882038 (spoiler: it is colored track icons).

Oh, dude... This is like having to choose between egg OR bacon :O
 
No, but seriously. I love what is happening with Sonar. I also love the theme editor (more correct; I love that people that is way better than me can make great themes that I can use). I have no intention coming of unhappy with this product, because I am absolutely not! Just hoping that colored strips one day will be an option :)
 
Thanks for your reply :)

Kamikaze

timidi
It was pointed out to me in another thread that often times you need to restart Sonar after applying edited themes.
Might help.

You just need to come out of preferences to get the new saved theme to show. But I think the OP is talking about when the track and channel colours show in a muted colour over the entire track or channel. Any other theme than Mercury, just has the end of the track or channel in the full colour

 Not necessarily. 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Theme-makers-m3462050.aspx
 

Frugaard
Oh, dude... This is like having to choose between egg OR bacon :O

It is a choice but more importantly, it is YOUR choice. Duckbar is still an option and the oldest (which predates the X-series) is still around, resource hacking.

The info in this thread is bumming me out!
 
 

Unfortunately for me the choice is easy. Mercury wins hands down and the theme editor will remain unused. The colored backgrounds on the tracks and buses are essential for my sanity when working with large projects.
 
I was hoping to make the scroll bar "Thumb" color brighter so I can find it easier. (4k monitor)

It sounds like they are considering theme track colors in the future but it cannot be done as of yet as theme files do not support it.

It sounds like they are considering theme track colors in the future but it cannot be done as of yet as theme files do not support it.

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