Questions tagged [highlighting]
For questions about the highlighting of questions, answers, comments or user names (using special colors). For questions about syntax highlight, please use the [syntax-highlighting] tag instead.
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Did the purple highlight just get worse?
I just refreshed a page on MusicSE, which got a nasty purple highlight after the recent colour changes - see New colors launched - to be presented with an even darker purple on a new contributor user ...
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12 votes
0 answers
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Upvote / downvote indicator lost after edit [closed]
When I edit a post, and return to the updated page when saving the edit, the upvote indicator to show that I had previously upvoted the post is lost. This seems to be related to the recent and ...
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9 votes
0 answers
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Vote button remains highlighted after retracting the vote
The recently changed vote buttons remain highlighted after retracting the vote: When you retract your vote the button remains highlighted (with lighter colors), highlighting disappears after tapping ...
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9 votes
0 answers
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The background highlight color for the selected menu in the Activity tab can be improved
The background highlight color for the selected menu in the Activity tab is very low, whereas the background highlight color in the Settings tab is more optimal. Can the same highlight color from the ...
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7 votes
0 answers
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The highlight color of the menu selected in the Activity tab is lost when hovering over the menu
The background selected highlight color is lost when hovering over a selected menu in the Activity tab. GIF for reference:
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16 votes
0 answers
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When editing an answer, the OP highlight on comments changes users when comments are expanded
When using the full page editor (like someone without editing privileges), I noticed that the highlight to show who is the "original poster" on comments will swap between the answer OP and ...
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-15 votes
1 answer
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Mark Self Answered postings accordingly
Summary I think it would be beneficial to mark self answered posts, where people only "ask" the question in order to share their knowledge/findings, in a way so that it is obvious to ...
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5 votes
0 answers
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Chat username highlighter is too eager
When a post link is shared in chat, e.g. here, it expands into a 'onebox'. It seems the script that highlights your username (when a user replies to your chat message or 'pings' you with e.g. @...
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-14 votes
2 answers
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Add <mark> support, or other text highlighting method
Please add support for text highlight, e.g. with the <mark> HTML5 tag. Often it is desirable to preserve original formatting in quote citations (that already uses bold, italic and underlining), ...
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3 votes
0 answers
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Chat highlighting should work in transcripts as in actual chat
In an active chat room, on the desktop chat client, hovering the mouse pointer over a message puts a lightweight line around that message. Furthermore, if that message a reply to another, or if there ...
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1 vote
1 answer
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Why does this question have a blue highlight? [duplicate]
Whenever I scroll through 'newest questions' some of the questions highlighted in blue, for example: Why is this?
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3 votes
0 answers
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Searching for a user's questions with [tag] highlights the tagword
When searching for a user's questions with [tag], the tagword gets highlighted / bolded in the post's paraphrase for some reason. This should only be happening when searching the word in general. In ...
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-3 votes
1 answer
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There should not be any OP highlighting on Community Wiki questions
What are some useful keyboard shortcuts? is a community wiki question. The OP has commented below: and their name is highlighted. It shouldn't be - they're not the poster any more, it's a ...
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11 votes
2 answers
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2 votes
1 answer
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Should username of a deleted OP account be highlighted in comments?
For example, take a look at this question: Free web hosting for academics User102 asked this question. They have deleted their account. But they are also the OP. Should their name be highlighted in ...
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