Changing the colors of the sensorlist of PRTG Traffic Grapher

Published by Dirk Paessler
Last updated on March 03, 2022 • 2 minute read

With version 6 we introduced a less colorful look&feel for the sensor list of the web interface and Windows GUI. First let me shortly explain why we did what we did: We sat together with graphical designers and users of PRTG and looked at the whole interface. Apart from other things we found that it was too colorful: too many colors seemed to distract from the important information. The new look is intended to
  • to make the list easier legible and
  • make it possible to emphasize and de-emphasize important and less important areas of the interface.
changing the colors of the sensorlist of prtg traffic grapher
With version 6 we introduced a less colorful look&feel for the sensor list of the web interface and Windows GUI. First let me shortly explain why we did what we did: We sat together with graphical designers and users of PRTG and looked at the whole interface. Apart from other things we found that it was too colorful: too many colors seemed to distract from the important information. The new look is intended to
  • to make the list easier legible and
  • make it possible to emphasize and de-emphasize important and less important areas of the interface.
E.g. the background color for sensors with "OK" status was changed from a light green to white. This took a lot of "color weight" from the screen layout and this makes it easier for the human eye to scan the page for more and less important information. But still some users of PRTG Traffic Grapher may prefer a more colorful look - especially if they are used to it from version 5. So we have created a knowledgebase article that explains which changes you need to apply in order to get a web interface look&feel which looks similar to PRTG version 5. For more information see the article: "How can I change the colors of the sensor list in the web interface of PRTG Traffic Grapher".

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