With status bar extending entire width, there is no visual separator between status-bar and tree-view

[lee-dohm]

Even if there is the same background color between the text editor and the status bar, there is the line separating the two, so it is obvious where one ends and the other begins. This isn't the case with the tree-view:

How I discovered this, is I had a screen that looked like this:

And I thought the tree-view was broken because the last item was missing until I remembered that the status bar extends the width of the window now.

I'm not sure if there is something that should be done about this. Or something good that could be done and still maintain the visual style. But I trust that others know more than I do about these things :grinning:

[lee-dohm]

Oh, and this can only be replicated obviously when there is no text editor open because then it looks like this:

[simurai]

:+1: We could add a border under the tree-view? And maybe also change the background?

[lee-dohm]

Hmmmm ... I was just playing around with this and it appears that at smaller window sizes, the borders turn into separators. For example there's this small window size:

And then at a larger window size:

So maybe just a separator between the tree-view and the status-bar at small sizes and then a border around tree-view, similar to the editor area, at larger window sizes? I think a subtle shade change between the status-bar and the other areas would be good too.

[simurai]

Ya, in "compact" mode, just a border is fine:

Then for "spacious" mode, adding a border around the whole tree-view would be an option, but maybe a bit too "heavy"? Alternatively, the border could just fade out at the left side. So it would still feel "airy". Similar to the tabs divider.

[lee-dohm]

Yeah, I like that. I think the airy feeling is fine because while I may not normally see it consciously, if I looked closer I would.

[simurai]

Ok, let's merge that. I also tried out separating the status-bar from the editor:

But that feels a bit too strong. We might could try it again once the title bar can be styled.