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Bug 346111 - kde-base/konsole differentiation/marking of active tab name on tab bar is insufficient
Summary: kde-base/konsole differentiation/marking of active tab name on tab bar is ins...
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] KDE (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High major
Assignee: Gentoo KDE team
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Reported: 2010-11-19 20:38 UTC by norbert kamenicky
Modified: 2011-05-13 09:27 UTC (History)
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screenshot (bla.png,10.43 KB, image/png)
2011-02-16 22:05 UTC, Andreas K. Hüttel
Details
Is it easy to gues, which tab is active ? (konsole-buggy-tabs.png,4.90 KB, image/png)
2011-02-17 00:37 UTC, norbert kamenicky
Details
Now it is absolutely clear .. (konsole-tabs-Id-like-to-have.png,4.86 KB, image/png)
2011-02-17 00:40 UTC, norbert kamenicky
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Description norbert kamenicky 2010-11-19 20:38:51 UTC
If I open more tabs (usually 7+) I have a big problem to recognize active tab name, because if I look to tab bar I can see no difference ...

Yes, I know there are some differences like
- active tab is 1 pixel higher,
- tab name is written 1 pixel lower,
but, is there a guy who can recognize this fast ? (I need 1 minute.)
I have to use SHIFT+LEFT/RIGHT, which is annoying.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
AFAIK all versions of konsole are affected by this bug.

Expected Results:  
I wolud expect, active tab name is recognizable in miliseconds.

It can be done e.g. by yellow color background on active tab ...

(Firefox uses brighter background, which is IMO not the best,
but sufficient and muuuuch better than nothing.)

I count this to be major problem, because e.g. it's very easy to run non proper command on non proper (remote) server, if it's not clear, where am I connected.
Comment 1 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester gentoo-dev 2010-12-14 22:18:11 UTC
How about picking another color theme or style, where the active tab is marked with a different background? Here it is...
Comment 2 norbert kamenicky 2010-12-16 21:21:46 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)

No, that's not a solution you probably never worked remotely,
am I right?
Let say I am connected multiple times to the same server ...
if I use different background colors on different screens, 
vim becomes unusable (because syntax highlighting doesn't
change automatically with changed background).
Nevertheless white on black is the only look I like.

Better give me an idea where and how to do it, I'll make a patch...
if Firefox tabs highliting can work properly, konsole must too !
Comment 3 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester gentoo-dev 2011-02-16 22:05:30 UTC
Created attachment 262803 [details]
screenshot

You mean, a brighter background like in the attached screenshot? (Default setting)

Sorry, I still dont understand the problem...
Comment 4 norbert kamenicky 2011-02-17 00:37:38 UTC
Created attachment 262813 [details]
Is it easy to gues, which tab is active ?
Comment 5 norbert kamenicky 2011-02-17 00:40:00 UTC
Created attachment 262815 [details]
Now it is absolutely clear ..
Comment 6 norbert kamenicky 2011-02-17 01:02:40 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)

> Sorry, I still dont understand the problem...

Hi Andreas,

I appologize, I know, it's better to see once, than to read 100 times :-)

so please let have a look to my attached pictures ...

"konsole-buggy-tabs.png" is a screenshot taken from my desktop - all tabs are 
the same color, therefore it takes me too much time to recognize active one

"konsole-tabs-Id-like-to-have.png" is an example, how it should look like


Comment 7 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-05-13 09:27:06 UTC
Guys this is not gentoo bug at all.

If you want something changed in KDE look&feel you need to report bug to kde guys (http://bugs.kde.org/)...

Note that they are quite quick in implementing such requests if it fits into their UX.