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Bug 106298 - Input's caret should be more visible
Summary: Input's caret should be more visible
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Output Window (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: t_h
URL:
Keywords: USABILITY
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2007-06-11 16:52 UTC by Antonin Nebuzelsky
Modified: 2008-12-22 14:34 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Antonin Nebuzelsky 2007-06-11 16:52:14 UTC 
Currently the input's caret inside Output window is just a narrow nonflashing
vertical line. Many users will not realize this in fact is a caret where they
can input text. It may be easily incorrectly seen as | character.

The caret should flash, like the caret in our editor does, to draw users attention.

It also should be changed to a bolder line, to not be mistaken for | character.
Comment 1 Antonin Nebuzelsky 2007-06-18 22:37:22 UTC 
Partial fix integrated. The caret is now drawn as two vertical lines, not one, so it shows bolder.

core/output2/src/org/netbeans/core/output2/ui/AbstractOutputPane.java
v 1.42
Comment 2 Antonin Nebuzelsky 2007-06-18 22:38:20 UTC 
Decreasing priority to P3.
Comment 3 Antonin Nebuzelsky 2008-02-07 15:52:54 UTC 
Reassigning to new module owner Tomas Holy.