[TxMt] Re: A couple of UI suggestions

[Will]

I like the extra tab space. It was weird at first but when I have 8+ tabs open on a laptop screen, I really appreciate it.



On Dec 17, 2011, at 6:24 PM, MeetDom <comments at meetdom.com> wrote:

> 
> 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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