UI requests: Window border spacing, hide separator lines, light mode colors

[Erik-DJ]

Hi Christian, I have a few (small) UI requests.

Due to the large screens these days, windows in many modern applications are laid out a bit more spaciously (more blank space). TC's components in the main window are aligned right up to the edge of the window. I would like it if there were some space around the window so that TC stands out a bit better when placed on top of other windows. You could achieve this, for example, with 3 flat VCL-panels (left, right, bottom). Please make the width/height of those panels adjustable (from 0 pixels to ...). It would also be nice if the color of that border took on the color of the (active) title bar (optional), see example:

Image: https://postimg.cc/mPjCy5Bp


Another request: please hide the lines below the main menu and below the button bar in light-mode. In dark-mode, these lines can already be hidden by choosing certain color settings.

Another (bigger) request/idea: in dark-mode, all UI-colors can currently be chosen manually. This is not possible in light-mode; this would be quite useful. So, in dark-mode, you currently have dark scrollbars, etc., and can set your own colors. In light-mode, you have light scrollbars, etc., but it would be nice if you could set the other UI-colors yourself like in dark-mode. Thanks!

[petermad]

Another request: please hide the lines below the main menu and below the button bar in light-mode.

You can actually do the same in light mode but you have to do it manually by editing your wincmd.ini.
In the [Colors] section make a HorizontalLines= entry with the color of TC in the menu and buttonbar.
Try with: HorizontalLines=15790320

Another (bigger) request/idea: in dark-mode, all UI-colors can currently be chosen manually. This is not possible in light-mode; this would be quite useful.

I agree - but as a workaround you can simply make a Dark mode with light colors. It will not be the same, elements like the scrollbar and context menus are still black (unless you are on Windows 7).

Here is a light color scheme you could try for Dark mode:

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[ColorsDark]
InverseCursor=1
ThemedCursor=0
InverseSelection=0

TreeLineColor=0
TreeTriangles=0
ThumbnailFrame=7368816
ActiveTabColor=16245964
HorizontalLines=15790320

ForeColor=0
BackColor=16777215
BackColor2=16777215
MarkColor=255
CursorColor=8388608
CursorText=16777215

CompareText=236
CompareTextSel=62708
CompareBinary=236
CompareBinarySel=62708
CompareDifferenceBack=14474460
CompareNormalText=0
CompareNormalBack=16777215
CompareSelText=16777215
CompareSelBack=8388608
CompareSearchLine=32768

ActiveTitleText=0
ActiveTitle=12632256
InactiveTitleText=10526880
InactiveTitle=15790320

SyncSelBack=8388608

HintForeground=0
HintBackground=14811135
HintBorder=12632256

DarkForeground=0
DarkBackground=15790320
DarkHighlight=16245964
DarkBorder=10526880

[ListerDark]
FgColor=0
BgColor=16777215
FgSelColor=15000804
BgSelColor=234
LinkColor=16744448
MediaFgColor=0
MediaBgColor=15790320

[white]

2Erik-DJ
Can you please edit the first post of the thread and change the subject to something more meaningful? For example:
"Window border spacing, hide separator lines, and light mode colors"

[Erik-DJ]

2white
Okay, I did.