Active pane title bar colour

jesperjensen · Post by **jesperjensen** » 2004 Jul 18, 13:39

Sorry if this has been discussed before.
I love Explorer2 and use it all the time, but I really miss the dark blue title bar showing the active pane - it is such a strong visual indicator.

Please bring it back, a registry entry will do just fine

Jesper.

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Jul 18, 14:08

Yes.

Nikos, please reinstitute (à la 2x) active window titlebar colorscheme for active pane also in x2.
It really would help speed recognition of "which pane am I in now?".
Even though the active pane background now has a diffrent hue, IMO, more is better (and of course we would want it to be an optional user setting because some users, nikos included, consider such blatant coloration to be unnecessary and distracting). Thanks.

devic · Post by **devic** » 2004 Jul 19, 22:30

hi Niko, hi all!

i miss the dark blue title bar too

i think we need just 3 configurable colors:

1. background color
2. text color
3. mouseover color text color

because the new feature with mouseover effect and direct click is fine too

if we get back our colors,
then the topic will be closed and never opened again

devic · Post by **devic** » 2004 Jul 20, 00:06

Code: Select all

"Now coming with distinct color scheme selection for the read-only and normal editing modes."

BTWi took a look in registry and found how i can set right color for readonly mode, just as was in 2xplorer with old editor

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZabaraKatranemia Plc\Editor2UC\rgbBackColorROM

Hexadecimal value data:c8d0d4

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Jul 20, 07:32

so you mean to tell me that half the screen with a different color isn't enough so you need a small bar with yet another color to tell the panes apart? Aren't we missing the wood for the trees?

devic · Post by **devic** » 2004 Jul 20, 09:05

for people who used 2xplorer is not enough, every time i open xplorer2 i search my blue toolbar

it's habit, it's one of thousand reasons, why is my favorite file browser.

jesperjensen · Post by **jesperjensen** » 2004 Jul 20, 22:03

nikos wrote:so you mean to tell me that half the screen with a different color isn't enough so you need a small bar with yet another color to tell the panes apart? Aren't we missing the wood for the trees?

I see your point, but my problem is that the new inactive pane background confuses me. I have both panes set to white now, but before I did, my eyes followed the inactive pane. Setting the active pane to a different color than white, would actually help me, but possibly confuse others.

I am normally not this insistent, but identifying the active pane is probably the single most important thing in Explorer2, and having two different visual indicators can only be a good thing.

I have always found the dark blue title bar very helpful and I really hope you will consider bringing it back.

Thanks,
Jesper.

pmike · Post by **pmike** » 2004 Jul 21, 13:37

jesperjensen wrote:I have both panes set to white now, but before I did, my eyes followed the inactive pane. Setting the active pane to a different color than white, would actually help me, but possibly confuse others.
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I have always found the dark blue title bar very helpful and I really hope you will consider bringing it back.

mega dittos

ZoNi011 · Post by **ZoNi011** » 2004 Jul 23, 07:47

jesperjensen wrote:I have both panes set to white now, but before I did, my eyes followed the inactive pane. Setting the active pane to a different color than white, would actually help me

same here! I also would like to set color for active pane...

loggedonnow · Post by **loggedonnow** » 2004 Jul 26, 18:37

I think most (including myself) are use to Windows where the active window's title bar is highlighted and possibly the window's border as well. Highlighting the inactive window now is opposite of the way windows works and also opposite the way most windows applications work.

I changed the inactive window's background to a darker shade as the default was too light to show on my monitor. I still follow the inactive window as a force of habit more than anything else.

I would set explorer2 to behave just as windows does it I could.

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Jul 26, 19:12

but let us not forget the convention "light color"==editable, "dark"==read only that is also used in dialogs etc

that's the inspiration

but given the outrage any of these days now i'll cave in to pressure

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 2004 Jul 26, 20:47

I agree with Nikos, the inactive pane is the greyed-out pane and I don't have any difficulty knowing which pane I'm working on. If the title bar colour is not user configurable then I may not use x2 any more. I hate applications that look like a "multi coloured dream coat"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

longfellow · Post by **longfellow** » 2004 Jul 29, 01:49

Yes, I'll weigh in on the "keep x2 simple" side of this, as well. The greyed-out inactive pane works fine for me as it is now; I don't need to see a colored title bar glowering over the active pane.

So, if this is implemented, please make it user-configurable; maybe then everyone can have the x2 they want.

derailer · Post by **derailer** » 2004 Aug 05, 03:39

clearly some people like it, and some people dont. thats what options are for

... it would be easy to switch between the two.

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Aug 06, 18:53

Folks,
You will be happy to see in version 1.0.0.3 that the active pane header color can now be set to match the color you have defined for the active window titlebar (in most cases it will be the default blue, but I use a bright green)

Also for those who want it (not me), the smart subpath navigation in pane header can likewise be disabled whithout hiding the pane header.

Thanks for being so responsive, nikos