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Bug 325590 - Error highlighting in build console could use colored text rather than background color
Summary: Error highlighting in build console could use colored text rather than backgr...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: CDT
Classification: Tools
Component: cdt-build (show other bugs)
Version: 8.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: cdt-build-inbox@eclipse.org CLA
QA Contact: Jonah Graham CLA
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Depends on: 325537
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Reported: 2010-09-17 09:39 EDT by Andrew Gvozdev CLA
Modified: 2020-09-04 15:26 EDT (History)
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Description Andrew Gvozdev CLA 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 CLA 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 CLA 2010-10-04 14:16:20 EDT 
I think this is a good idea.  Maybe seeing a screenshot to compare would clinch it?