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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Breeze] [Bug 356037] Confusing indication of active tab (Konsole)
From:       Hugo Pereira Da Costa via KDE Bugzilla <bugzilla_noreply () kde ! org>
Date:       2015-11-30 16:58:22
Message-ID: bug-356037-17878-RjgFiCROqZ () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356037

--- Comment #9 from Hugo Pereira Da Costa <hugo.pereira@free.fr> ---
(In reply to kdde.rhn from comment #8)
> I'm not an UI specialist, and I haven't read the UI guidelines for any major
> project, but I can tell you about my experience.
> I found that after a few days of using Konsole & Konversation, I still
> haven't gotten used to the two-tab case. More than that, three tabs have
> been confusing as well, but I blame it on years of using themes where
> highlight would make the focused tab stand out from the dark background
> (i.e. be lighter). Currently, it blends in with the rest of the window.
> I'm sure this is possible to learn & remember, but it's not a pleasant
> experience and very confusing initially with the rather common 2-tab
> scrollview use case.
> 
> From a design staindpoint, I think it's a bad idea to bet on the content of
> the tab to be of a certain type, because Qt is a generic toolkit and tab
> content can be anything (terminal window, bitmap, scroll view, map, etc.).
> Therefore no, I do not agree - the theme doesn't cover a lot of the use
> cases of the toolkit it's built for, so it doesn't matter that it works with
> certain use cases.
> 
> Interestingly, Breeze-dark-gtk uses active color line on the focused tab.

Can you post a screenshot of this ? 
Do you mean, like in http://wstaw.org/m/2015/11/30/plasma-desktopkK3525.png ?
(but dark)

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