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Re: TheIde new look and new features [message #30771 is a reply to message #30485] Fri, 21 January 2011 15:29 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
mr_ped is currently offline  mr_ped
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I certainly support single tab bar, looks more usable to me.

Some tiny objections from me (not a showstoppers, just areas to research if it can't be improved even more):

I don't see clearly which pane is active (only hint is cursor).
edit: also the left bar with doc edit rectangles is available only with active tab, still the difference is minor.

That said you have orange line over top of active tab, in my IDE (host theme in WinXP with classic theme) there's no visual clue at all except having red cross for closing tab.

Also what if active tab and secondary tab are too far away from themselves? You can see name of tab by switching to it, so it's probably enough, or may it get annoying? (and we should pin somewhere into edit window the name if tab is gone?)

Can we color the inactive big bar on left (line nums + doc edit + recently modified lines)? Maybe just the base color for unchanged lines. I'm sure it would make identification of panes easy, but I have no idea if it will look good and natural, maybe it will be even more annoying. Smile Something to try out.

Also I think I would LIKE to have active tab colored in same way for example with that light orange. And in the end I would love to see ColorfulTabs in IDE. Smile

[Updated on: Fri, 21 January 2011 15:32]

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