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eguif
Steel Contributor
Jul 17, 2020

Highlights and better tab identification

Hello Deleted

I use a low image quality screen, depending on the angle, I can't identify which tab is currently active.
Firefox has an excellent tab highlight and it is possible to know which tab is currently active even on low quality screens.

 

 

Notice that there is a white bar at the top of the active tab 

 

Zooming on the active tab

 

The white bar appears on light themes.
In dark themes, a blue bar is placed

 

And it shows which tab is active

 

Zooming on the active tab

 

This simple bar already helps me to identify the active tab on low quality screens.

There is also another feature
"mouse over inactive tab"

 

Inactive tab zoom

 See that a bar appears at the top of the inactive tab when you hover over it

 

The same goes for dark themes

 

Inactive tab zoom

 

I would like to leave my feedback on these features that may seem simple, but that are very useful.
And I wanted to recommend that there was something like that on microsoft edge.

 

Dark theme used in the example: Default mozilla firefox theme
Clear theme used in the example: https://addons.mozilla.org/pt-BR/firefox/addon/aurora_blue1/

  • eguif's avatar
    eguif
    Steel Contributor

    eguif 

     

    Here is a beautiful theme

    However, the identification of the active guide ends up being lost a little in the middle of the other guides

     

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    royamicus185
    Iron Contributor

    I'm absolutely support you! I use default black theme and I literally cannot identify the active tab with the angle of my display. Major problem! Please do them more recognizible!

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      Deleted

      royamicus185 

      There's an another option, if you enable the highlighted option as shown in picture, it can help you also, try this.

       

      press start> type colors and press enter> you find the above photos page

       

      • royamicus185's avatar
        royamicus185
        Iron Contributor
        I hate this colorization option. It just should be changed. All background tabs might be more gray or even transparent.
    • Deleted's avatar
      Deleted
      Aren't themes helping you??
  • eguif Thanks for the detailed feedback and the screen captures! We have some follow-up questions for you about this.

     

    1. Do you use MSFT Edge on light or dark theme? (Found here: edge://settings/appearance)
    2. What type of device are you using?
    3. Is the tab highlight-on-hover within MSFT Edge also not visible on your screen?

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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      eguif
      Steel Contributor

      Hello Deleted 
      1. I use the dark theme

      2. A laptop. More specifically, a lenovo 320-15ikb, it contains TN panel

      3. The hover and the active guide are not visible depending on the viewing angle. This usually happens a lot on TN panels

      Seen from an angle

       

      Seen from another angle

       

      This is a problem with TN panels
      The mozilla solution works great on TN panels

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        Deleted

        eguif Thanks for the details, I'll pass this along to the team.

         

        Fawkes (they/them)
        Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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