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3655401 - Unable to Change Background Color in Specific Themes

Symptom

Unable to change the Background Color when using the appearance themes Quartz Light, Quartz Dark, High-Contrast, and High-Contrast.
No error message is displayed during the process, but the color does not change properly.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign.

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to the Appearance tab in the user settings.
  2. Select one of the following themes: Quartz Light, Quartz Dark, High-Contrast, or High-Contrast (Accessibility Compliant).
  3. Start the Key User Adaptation Mode.
  4. Go to the My Launchpad view.
  5. Right-click on the Background Design.
  6. Attempt to change the background color by entering a new hex or RGB code.
  7. Observe that the background does not change.

Cause

  • The Quartz themes are designed with a fixed layout and limited customization options to maintain a consistent user interface.
  • High-Contrast themes have fixed background colors to comply with Accessibility Standards.

Resolution

These design restrictions are intentional and part of the standard system behavior.

See Also

2669629 - How to Change Background in ByD HTML5

Keywords

background change, SAP Business ByDesign, Quartz theme, High-Contrast theme, appearance settings, customization, ByD HTML5, Belize theme, accessibility compliance, user interface, adaptation mode. , KBA , AP-RC-UIF-RT-B , ByD HTML5 Client (not for Cloud for Customer) , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions