Re: [Usability] Visual highlight of active inputs

[Rodney Dawes <dobey free fr>]

On Enj , 2004-03-11 at 22:11, Steven Garrity wrote:
> I'm curious as to what people think about trying to make the current 
> focus more visual prominent on input widgets - especially text input fields.
> 
> Currently, the only visual indication of an active/focused text input 
> filed in Gnome (and in Windows, for that matter) is the thin blinking 
> text-input cursor.
> 
> Mac OS X does this quite nicely, which a soft-blue outline around the 
> currently active text-input box - see example: 
> 
> Also, if you turn on the keyboard access functionality in the "Universal 
> Access" menu in the OS X preferences, the same soft-blue outline 
> displays on any focused widget (buttons, flydowns, checkboxes, etc.).
> 
> Might this be something worth considering for Gnome/GTK?

This can be easily done with themes, yes. In fact, I'll add something
like this to CleanIce. It is already doing useful hints in places where
others are not (the paned handles are actually prelighted sanely).

-- dobey