Suddenly, markers dimmed to near invisibility...

Hi,

I'm relatively new to FPC X and still adjusting to the UI/UX differences between it and FCP.x. I'm running OS X 10.5 (14F27) on a 17" late 2011 MBP.

Today, when I added a marker, using the standard "m" key in a session, I expected to see the default, bright blue marker tab, but that wasn't the case. The regular marker did not show up. I had to go looking for it. As a matter of fact, all the markers I'd placed in the timelines of all my projects, whatever their status color, blue, red, etc., were dimned, as if opacity had been applied, making them difficult to spot on the fly. I've looked but haven't found a control for determining marker opacity or color. It's like that I inadvertently toggled some keystroke which altered the marker color attributes, but I'm not aware of what or when that action was. The phenomenon occured after my MBP's battery juiced out at one ooint and when it rebooted and FCP was back up, I noticed this marker anomaly. The Marker Help items do not mention this characteristic. What have I done wrong? What have I missed? Any help in sorting this out will be greatly appreciated! Thanks very much in advance!

All the best,

David