microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools

Non-red icons for disabled tests

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enhancement Feature: ctest
Dominant language
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Description

### Brief Issue Summary

Currently I have seen three icons for the CTest results:

* Failure - red ring with x inside
* Disabled - red ring with dot inside
* Pass - Green ring with checkmark

I find it confusing that failure and disabled are both red. Without looking closely it looks like the disabled tests failed.

Could they be colored grey instead perhaps? Even the shapes are similar that it's quite hard to see the difference.

On version 1.16.7 of CMake Tools.

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Research direction

Start at the CTest results UI and trace how the disabled-test and failure icons are rendered in the TypeScript code. Compare their visual treatment and verify the completed change in the CTest results view, ensuring disabled tests are clearly distinct from failures.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cmake, typescript
Domain
design, frontend, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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