[Bug 159096] Comment indicator in Calc should be red, not magenta

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159096

--- Comment #7 from ady <adylo811517 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Telesto from comment #6)

> Case BB appears to be inconsistent compared to all other cases; no border.
> However it does look pretty nice, IMHO. Maybe case A & B should act as BB;
> transparent line 

IMO that is not a good idea. When the cell's background color is similar to the
color of the comment indicator, then users cannot detect/see that the indicator
is there.

That situation was reported a few years ago, so the comment indicator received
its own "border" by surrounding it with a contrasting colored "line". To be
clear, the indicator's "border" should always contrast with the indicator's
color. So you could have the indicator with its own border being white while
the cell's background is also white; the indicator is visible against the
cell's background color. If the indicator has a similar color as the cell's
background, then the "border" around the indicator helps in showing it against
that similar background.

If there is some combination in which the comment indicator has no contrasting
"border", that would be a bug!


Regarding the main topic of this ticket... If the cell's background were to be
red, the comment indicator would not be so easily seen. If the font of the cell
were to be red (which is, after automatic, the default for the toolbar's icon),
then the comment indicator would be interfering with the content, making it
harder to read.

Having said that, I wouldn't care about the specific color of the comment
indicator if it was smaller, instead of bigger since LO 7.6. If it was smaller,
I wouldn't mind it being "glossy" (to use Telesto's term from comment 3). I
guess that "glossy" might bother, but maybe it contrasts with either black or
white font(?). Maybe there is some possible improvement for the indicator's
color - not convinced that red would be better. I agree with Mike in comment 1
(including the opinion regarding the size).

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