change bg colour of events?

[Clicktastic]

I think it would be really helpful if we could change the background colour of events in the event editor like you can with comments.

It would be really useful for managing large blocks of code, even inside a group.

Thanks!

[AllistairF]

It sounds like a good idea on the surface. But if you end up asking somebody else to debug your code, somebody who doesn't utilize or comprehend your "system", then perhaps it might just muddy the situation and create far more of an imbroglio than might be warranted in that case. There's no standard color coding for events or behaviors like the Dewey Decimal System, and thus you do know what old machine language coders used to refer to as spaghetti code? As such, it would seem like a handy feature unless you had more than just yourself working on something. And there's the issue of esthetics as well -- you may think that green or red looks good for your behavior codes, but your right hand guy might think it's the most kitchy thing he's ever seen and would take every opportunity to remind you of his feeling in that regard. Tough call.

[Jeff]

Interesting idea.
I don't see where it would really hurt much.

Maybe when Francois returns from vacation someone could point him to this idea and see what he thinks.

I don't know if I would use it much but I don't see any harm in other people doing this if they wanted. If that makes it easier for them then why not.

[AllistairF]

Just to clarify: I didn't say it would hurt at all to include that feature. What I meant is that it would make it complicated for more than one programmer, each with their own structure style or "system" to function together on it. But if it was just you, no problem at all. That, sir, is a problem of human interaction, something which no digital conveyance can ever hope to resolve.

[Joshtek]

Coloured grops and events have been suggested in the past, and assumably will be suggested again in the future (unless it gets implemented, which would be neat).