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Bug 325590

Summary:	Error highlighting in build console could use colored text rather than background color
Product:	[Tools] CDT	Reporter:	Andrew Gvozdev <angvoz.dev>
Component:	cdt-build	Assignee:	cdt-build-inbox <cdt-build-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:	Jonah Graham <jonah>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	cdtdoug, malaperle, marc.khouzam
Version:	8.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Bug Depends on:	325537
Bug Blocks:

Description Andrew Gvozdev

2010-09-17 09:39:59 EDT

Currently error highlighting in build console is done with background coloring. It should be possible to configure that using foreground color, and perhaps that should be a default setting. We can also consider having current error selection highlighted with bold font. See also bug 325537.

Comment 1 Doug Schaefer

2010-09-17 10:13:36 EDT

Yes, I think you need the combination of red and bold. The idea is to highlight the text of the error. Coloring the background, while making the errors easy to find actually reduces the contrast making the text harder to read.

Comment 2 Marc Khouzam

2010-10-04 14:16:20 EDT

I think this is a good idea.  Maybe seeing a screenshot to compare would clinch it?