[TxMt] Re: A couple of UI suggestions

[MeetDom]

Couldn't agree more with suggestions for tab bar positioning. I found it
quite disturbing to start with, now I just find it annoying.


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 think this would make more visual sense... 
> 
> The tabs relate to the files open in the edit pane, so should be attached
> to this part of the screen, not sneaking out over to the left. Also, when
> the sidebar is opened/closed the tabs would always be above the edit pane,
> whatever the state of the sidebar.
> 
> Tab Bar - Text Colour
> 
> The non-selected tabs are quite hard to read (with black text on a dark
> grey background). Maybe a lighter text colour would be clearer
> 
> 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
> 
> 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)
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> SC
> 
> 

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