Highlighting

Posted by Graham Perrin on Feb 09, 2009; 6:07am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Highlighting-tp2295916.html

A few days ago I thought I had stumbled upon a new Nabble approach to highlighting some types of message:



Then I realised that the misplaced highlights were the result of pages not entirely loaded:



Here's how the highlights, which relate to a search string, should appear:



The accidental placement of the highlights was thought provoking, coinciding with this topic.

I do like a highlight on the date. I do like toggling at far left. A few thoughts, pros and cons:

1. reduces my confusion when chronologies are mixed-up in threaded view (YMMV)

2. clicks towards the left draw attention to the subtree shift feature (before this coincidence, I never realised that the sidebar had any function)

3. the CLOSE feature at extreme right is, from a Mac perspective, on the wrong side

4. toggling at extreme left is more akin to disclosing/closing in Finder list view and in Windows Explorer

5. a slight down side: second and subsequent clicks on the same point (without moving the mouse) are not perfect toggles (disclose/close); appearance of the sidebar shifts the date etc. a few pixels to the right.

If that glitch (5) could be overcome, then I would enjoy

• highlights (for logged in users only) drawing attention to un-read topics and messages

• only when search highlighting is not effective.

In the future I might spin this off to become an RFE. An option, not a default (I wouldn't expect everyone to enjoy highlights) .For the moment it's more, a note to self.

Regards
Graham