Using OSX 10.10 Yosemite, the highlight color for a folder in Grid view is barely noticeable.
Can you spot the highlighted icon below?
I've grown accustom to clicking the applications folder in the doc then typing a few letters to get me close to the app I want- now it takes an extra few seconds for me to visually find the icon that got highlighted.
Is there a way to change the highlight color here?
Reducing transparency may help.
System Preferences > Accessibility
Checkmark the box beside "Reduce Transparency".
I would open up the grid spacing slightly so everything does not run together. In System Preferences > General, try setting Highlight color: Red. This won't change the grey selection background around the icon, but it will turn the background behind the icon text to red. That stands out. However, the collateral effect is that text you select in this editor, and other OS X applications, will now have a red background too. Changing colors will require a killall Finder in the Terminal. Actually set mine to #ffff00 which is a vivid yellow, which is more practical when selecting text in a document.
Thanks VikingOSX -I tried this but it doesn't change the presentation of the gridview from the dock.
Here's a screenshot that better represents the view I'm having trouble with:
I've clicked on the "Applications" folder I have in the Dock and up comes a list of my apps (in Grid mode)
Is there a way to change the highlight color here?
There's got to be some setting accessible via a defaults write statement?
How can I change the highlight color of grid view folders in the dock?
