RE: Rev graph selected node colours

> Looking again at the rev graph colours, I can't see an easy way of
> providing user-definable colours that will also work when a node is
> highlighted without a hugely complex colour selection dialog.

I think the functionality in the new revgraph is outgrowing the design.
It's getting a quite hard to read due to all conventions (color, shape,
border style).

Maybe it would be time to take a fresh take on how we would like it to
look?

I think that (sometimes subtle) color-variations can be good to enhance
the readability, but it should not be the only carrier of information if
there is another solution.

How about adding icons in each box to indicate their status? And maybe
standardize the shape of the boxes to make room for informative icons.

How about:
 __________________
| SI* | Rev. | x-* |
|------------------|
| Path/To/ |
| File.cpp |
|__________________|

Where:
SI*: Status icon(s). Indicate the status of the node. (Created,
modified, renamed, etc.)
x-*: Perhaps the collaps/split-buttons permanently visible.

Then we could use a thicker border for selection, for example.

Hans-Emil

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Received on 2009-01-27 08:52:07 CET