[TYPO3-core] RFC #17155: Active and hover states are hard to distinguish

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Steffen Gebert schrieb am 20.01.2011 14:15:
> Hi!
> 
> This is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Type: Bugfix
> 
> Bugtracker reference:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=17155
> 
> Branches:
> trunk
> 
> Problem:
> In the module menu and the page tree, it's really hard to distinguish
> the difference between an active and a hovered it.
> 
> Solution:
> See screen shot
> 
> Note:
> A compilation of different browser screenshots is attached to the BT.
> I'm sorry for coming up with this so late - in the back of my mind there
> was since some days a "well.. we have to change the hover colors..".
> However it turned out that just changing the color does not increase
> usability at all.
> My solution was appreciated by Jens and Lars and I really think we
> should include it now and not in a week, as the current state is really
> bad.

*Very* beautiful, thanks Steffen!!!

Amazing side-effect: now we also have a drop-shadow between tree and
content in IE8! Fantastic!

+1 by reading (as if reading .css changes help you understand...) and
testing (Chrome, FF, IE8).

Cheers,
Ernesto