On 25 September 2010 00:10, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

> >> Also, as a user, I think I might find it odd that I need to specify a
> color
> >> when really I just want the debug focus behavior.
> >
> > I'm not sure I agree that a user would find it odd if the property was
> named
> > debugfocuscolor and the documentation specified that it accepted one of X
> > values to give them flexibility.
>
> As a user, I'd first expect to see a flag that enabled debug focus
> behavior, and then possibly an optional flag to control the color.
>
Having made the call to offer a choice of colours, and that the 'debug'
behaviour would be off by default, having 2 properties seemed overkill.
In other situations, of course what you are saying makes sense.


> >> Also, as Sandro pointed out, any hard-coded color may work well in some
> >> schemes but not in others.
> >>
> > Hence 3 colors.   I was aware of the work that you and Sandro had been
> doing
> > on different color schemes.
>
> Right, but the issue isn't color - it's contrast. That's why XOR mode would
> help. It always draws in a contrasting color.
>
Yep, I understand.  Again I was just trying to keep things simple while
offering some flexibility.

Shall I continue with a ShadeDecorator, or would you rather something else?

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