Add a new feature to highlight different kind of lines on top of the scrollbar.
For example, the "Findbar Tweaks" on FireFox highlights all matches of a quick-find search like so:
Screenshot
The current match is shown in green, while all other matches are shown in purple. Colors should be adjustable via theme, or match the color of "highlight all matches" feature (which should be adjustable via theme).
As a logical extension of this feature, other types of lines can be marked via different colors:
"Highlight matching words" matches
Quickfind "highlight all" matches
Find&replace (if you consider adding a "highlight all" option to it)
Find&replace in files (if you consider adding a "highlight all" option to it)
Modified lines
Bookmark lines
Debugger breakpoints
Compiler warning/error lines
Tasks (TODO/FIXME/BUG) lines
I think most people wouldn't use all of these features, so there should be settings to enable/disable highlighting for each type of line on the scrollbar (same as now there is option like Display > View modified lines)
Personally, "highlight matching words" matches and quickfind, find&replace, find&replace in files matches would be the most useful items to see on the scrollbar for me.
Add a new feature to highlight different kind of lines on top of the scrollbar. For example, the "Findbar Tweaks" on FireFox highlights all matches of a quick-find search like so: Screenshot The current match is shown in green, while all other matches are shown in purple. Colors should be adjustable via theme, or match the color of "highlight all matches" feature (which should be adjustable via theme). As a logical extension of this feature, other types of lines can be marked via different colors:
Display > View modified lines
)Personally, "highlight matching words" matches and quickfind, find&replace, find&replace in files matches would be the most useful items to see on the scrollbar for me.