hello, I've been finding that i'm working with a few white fill objects where a boarder is not really convenient. Problem is, it's next to impossible to pick them out from the white background.

is it possible to set the background to a different colour? preferably a light grey?

thanks.

Got it!

And the best part I suppose is that I can go back and tweak EVERYTHING (though I'l have to undo a bit to edit some things)

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