How to make DROP List more visible on the window?

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I’ve started to use Drop Lists more as taking less space than Radios. A Drop List can be hard to see. I made a little procedure to color them like a Tool Tip and add some left margin using a FORMAT.

The yellow tip background color is subtle. I wonder if anyone had any other ideas?

DropPretty

DropListPretty   PROCEDURE
Fld     LONG,AUTO 
LstFEQ  LONG,AUTO 
  CODE 
  Fld=0
  LOOP 
       Fld=0{PROP:NextField,Fld}
       IF Fld=0 THEN BREAK. 
       CASE Fld{PROP:Type}
       OF   CREATE:List 
       OROF CREATE:Combo 
       
          LstFEQ = Fld{PROP:ListFEQ} 
          IF LstFEQ AND Fld{PROP:Drop}>0 THEN 
             LstFEQ{PROP:LineHeight}=1 + LstFEQ{PROP:LineHeight}    ! +1 more line space easier to read
             IF LstFEQ{PROP:Background}=COLOR:None THEN 
                LstFEQ{PROP:Background}=COLOR:InfoBackground           !Yellow like tip 
                LstFEQ{PROP:FontColor} =COLOR:InfoText                 !font color like tip should be black
             END
             IF ~LstFEQ{PROP:FORMAT} THEN 
                 LstFEQ{PROP:FORMAT}='999L(2)@s255@'    !Margin of 2 else tight to line
             END 
             !affects Entry not LIST --> LstFEQ{PROP:TextLeftMargin}=10
          END 
       END 
  END  
  RETURN

A thicker border somehow? Bolder colors might help.I did make a System Color viewer.

Maybe color it like a caption, Blue for me.

        LstFEQ{PROP:Background}=COLOR:GradientInactiveCaption
        LstFEQ{PROP:FontColor} =COLOR:INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT

DropPretty_CapColor

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Less space using DROPs is good, but a better COMBO & combo class would be especially useful.

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