[TxMt] Re: A couple of UI suggestions

[mwean]

Steve Copley wrote:
> 
> Tab Bar - Position
> 
> I think the tab bar should be placed only above the right-hand edit pane,
> not above the file browser sidebar. This would mean that the file browser
> would be the full-height of the window.
> 

I agree this makes sense, but I would rather have the extra horizontal space
so that the tabs don't get as squished.



> File Browser and Gutter - Theme
> 
> Please allow the file browser and the gutter (containing the line numbers)
> to have an optional dark 'theme' - the white/light grey background is
> quite jarring when you're using a dark theme for the editor
> 

I totally agree with this. It would be great to have full style
customization.



> Indentation Level Markers
> 
> It would be great to have some indication of the current indent level (to
> help line things up vertically). 
> 
> (Sublime Text 2 does this really nicely, with feint, visible lines
> indicating the indent levels, that brighten in the area that the cursor is
> positioned in - thus being both subtle and visibly useful when editing an
> area of text)
> 

I work a lot with indented source like haml, sass and yaml, so this would be
really useful. Most of the time I have to use column-select to line things
up. It would be much better to have a visual indicator built in.
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