scratchfoundation / scratchfoundation/scratch-blocks
Make the color of the block a comment is attached to more prominent
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Description
Design/feature request! I noticed that the border color of a block comment is actually based on the color of the block it's attached to:
This is a really neat touch, but I think the idea could be emphasized a lot more. What if the entire comment was colored according to the block it was attached to? I created this sketch (with inspect element) to give an idea of what that might look like:
At its core, the reason for this change is that it looks cool. But that might have a greater effect: since it would make adding comments more fun, Scratchers would be encouraged to add comments to their code! This is a key practice in programming large projects, especially outside of Scratch, and making it more fun to add comments would really help ease budding programmers into the idea of documenting their code.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the block-comment rendering and existing styling that derives the comment border from its attached block color. Compare the current appearance with the issue's sketches, then verify that the entire comment uses a lighter version of the attached block's color while preserving readable text and the existing attachment relationship.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- design, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100