Posted 20 years ago
by Boyd
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Sr. Software Developer,
Patterson Consulting, LLC
Currently, SyntaxEditor will perform the bracket highlighting feature whenever the caret is either immediately before or after any bracket character.
In Whidbey, bracket highlighting is only performed if the caret is immediately before an opening bracket or immediately after a closing bracket.
One benefit of this is that it's easier to tell when the caret has been moved from one side of a bracket to another. As it currently functions, it's difficult to tell when you move the caret from one side of the bracket to the other because the bracket highlighting makes is difficult to see the caret. The way Whidbey performs, you know the caret has moved because the highlighting changes based on the side of the bracket you are on.
At the very least, it would be a nice option to provide the users with both methods of bracket highlighting.
Thanks for considering this!
Boyd
In Whidbey, bracket highlighting is only performed if the caret is immediately before an opening bracket or immediately after a closing bracket.
One benefit of this is that it's easier to tell when the caret has been moved from one side of a bracket to another. As it currently functions, it's difficult to tell when you move the caret from one side of the bracket to the other because the bracket highlighting makes is difficult to see the caret. The way Whidbey performs, you know the caret has moved because the highlighting changes based on the side of the bracket you are on.
At the very least, it would be a nice option to provide the users with both methods of bracket highlighting.
Thanks for considering this!
Boyd
