Comment 4 for bug 419009

Close. Selection would highlight the entire row not just the first
column. The only thing signalled in the left hand empty column would be
for line errors.

Craig Mahony wrote:
> If i am interpreting this correctly, we would then put the blue errrs(team
> errors) in the left empty column. Have the left empty cell of the row be
> "grey"? to represent selection and have the red and yellow warnings for cell
> warnings?
>
> Do I have this correct?
>
> Having an empty left row allows me to more easily(?) allow multilpe row
> selection and then deletion as well.
>
> craig
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tudor Holton" <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bug 419009] Re: Active row should highlight
>
>
> I had a bit more of a think about this.
>
> Since we have colors already for the heat, we know when there are errors
> and where to look for them.
>
> Having an extra column to the left that contains a colored square in
> place of the entire row colored would allow us two more things:
> 1) We'd be able to highlight the active row as requested.
> 2) We'd be able to highlight field errors as distinct from line errors.
>
> Obviously this would be a larger change, and we should consider the
> effect this will have on the user. I think for the most part, the error
> highlighting when it's not the active row is too strong. We need to
> reduce the palette a bit to distinguish between errors that just
> happened and errors that happened in earlier data entry.
>
> Craig Mahony wrote:
>
>> Yes I can make the active row highlighted. But that means no cell color
>> coding in that row! Which do we want as we cannot have both?
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