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Keeping selected file visibly highlighted after losing focus #4083

Open nokite opened 9 years ago

nokite commented 9 years ago

When a torrent or a file in a torrent is selected, the selection is persisted when the application is minimized. However, in case the active window is not that of the qBittorrent application, then the selection is barely visible (light gray). This makes it hard to see what was the last open file.

Consider this use case:

A torrent with large number of video files is downloaded. The tab with the torrent's files is open. The user opens the video files one by one, which starts a video player application. After watching a video the user wants to open the next one. This would be made easy if there was a visible highlight on the last opened file, so that it can be identified. However, in the current situation, the user either has to remember which file was opened last, or must purposefully activate the qBittorrent window, so that the highlight changes from light gray to blue (by default). The light gray is almost indistinguishable, especially on some LCD monitors.

chrishirst commented 9 years ago

Those are set by the chosen system colour scheme not qbittorrent UI specifically.

For Windows it is the "inactive selection" colour, if I recall correctly.

chrishirst commented 9 years ago

By the way,

This is a support question not a 'bug' report.

nokite commented 7 years ago

Sorry, I posted it more as a user, not as a contributor. I haven't considered the technical details, nor have I given excessive thought to properly entering the ticket. I just wanted to get some attention to a usability issue that I experienced.

I understand your comment that the default inactive selection colour is used, but understanding this does not solve the issue I experienced. Based on the use case that I described earlier, I think it would be beneficial if this gets improved. (with that said, I will stop the discussion from my side and leave the issue to you, in case you agree with me)