[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53274] Variable Editor: Displayed variable name is in strange highlighting

[Dan Sebald]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #53274 (project octave):

That's a design element.  Open eight variables in the editor


for i=1:8
  eval(['var' num2str(i) ' = eye(5); openvar var' num2str(i)]);
end


undock a few and start clicking between variables to see why that highlight
was added.  The highlight represents the active variable, the one for which
the toolbar buttons apply to.

You mention the other dock widgets and their labels.  There is a common
ancestor now called "label_dock_widget" to allow access to that label.

We could make the highlight only present if there is more than one variable
open in the V.E.  But I think the bigger issue in your case is that the color
choice of the highlight obscures gray text with the black background. 
Preference setting?  Use bold font instead?  Use an asterisk next to the
variable name?

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