making kickoff have full-width selection rects (on hover)

[Marco Martin]

On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote:
> hello,
> aseigo and celeste and I had a quick discussion on irc about what is
> written in the
> subject.
> my main argument is that it looks much better and more visually consistent,
> while, to quote what celeste said:

hmm, maybe the entire line selected looks a little bit busy, maybe i would 
include the icon in the selection and is it possible to make the selected 
area of every item with the same width that is not 100%?
maybe making 100% large only the selection of categories to say they're a 
different thing from other items

Cheers,
Marco Martin

> <seele> ruphy: aseigo: so.. another reason why the static sized bar is
> better
> <seele> right now with the variable sized background color, it doesnt
> include the arrow (which implies another level)
> <seele> since the focus is put on such a small area, that little piece of
> information is most likely lost and is only screen junk
> <seele> by including the arrow in the focus area, the sense of hierarchy is
> reinforced
> <seele> right now, there is nothing connecting the focuse/selected area
> with that bit of information
> <seele> reference: basic gestalt principles
>
> what do the others think about this?

> -Riccardo