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   Comrade
   Member

   First, thank you for this awesome tool.

   My complaint (which I spent 5 seconds typing after your years of work) is that the view of the file I'm editting blends too much with the tabs.
   Could there be a option to color the GUI a color other than white?

   Screenshots of what I mean:
   http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4851/programmersnotepad2desi.png
   http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6274/programmersnotepad2.png

   (I'm now on "v2.1.2.2096", the latest version)

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   simon
   PN Developer

   Thanks, I changed the tab design a bit for 2.1 to make the UI look a little cleaner - fewer borders, bezels and 3D elements. There is definitely room for improvement with working out which tab is selected though, you're right.

   I'll be looking at something like what you've suggested for a future release.

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Patabugen
   Member

   The differences show up very clearly on my monitor with the brightness quite low, so perhaps it could be something as simple as making them darker/increasing the contrast?

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   simon
   PN Developer

   Exactly, for this first revision I did the "simplest possible thing" and went for Windows' standard Button and Window colours which in default them have reasonable contrast, although not ideal.

   I'm toying with:

   1. Ensuring contrast is above some calculated limit
   2. Using a gradient on the disabled tabs to make them a bit darker and a bit more distinct from the active one

   All suggestions welcome, however.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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