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Sublime Gutter (Fail?)

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Disclaimer: here is various Macs High Sierra 10.13.6 to Mojave 10.14.2. Kindly refer to my feature request (assuming this is an app, rather than a device fail). This may not be fail on other devices/systems, but on our Macs the Gutter number highlights are transient, erratic all-round fail… How to fix or compensate incorrect Gutter selection? Also… How to highlight Gutter Numbers to reflect cursor location, workflow focus?

Incorrect selection 1: Click the line number (in this case “1”) or double click code anywhere on line “1” and Sublime highlights line number “2” in Gutter. “2” is not selected for Copy etc, “1” is selected. Sublime selection display in Gutter is incorrect.


Incorrect selection 2: Selection drag up, only line “1” Gutter shows selection, but both lines “1” and “2” are selected so Sublime selection display in Gutter is incorrect. How to fix incorrect Gutter selection?


Incorrect selection 3: Selection drag down, only line “2” Gutter shows selection, but both lines “1” and “2” are selected so Sublime selection display in Gutter is incorrect. How to fix incorrect Gutter selection?


Incorrect selection 4: Drag to highlight line “1” content. Line “1” correctly displays line selection as highlight in Gutter, but line number is one default color only.

NOTE! It may be that the odd line highlights are intended - for example, wt the time of the Great Fire in Pittsburg, auto carriage return on a printing press was a significant innovation. So line highlights are mentioned here as “incorrect” only in reference to Gutter Number highlights. When they rarely appear, Gutter Number color-highlights are always specific to only lines where a cursor is blinking.

Gutter line number color for lines with selection: However, three corrupt and/or totally crappy Gutter failure to display line selection are only half the problem. Where is a theme that colors line number of all lines where text in the line is selected? How are Gutter line numbers colored in the .tmTheme files for all lines with selected text?

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#2

Gutter highlighting is based on where the cursor is, not the selection. It makes a lot more sense to show where the cursors are since they are harder to see or find whereas the selection is pretty obvious.

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#3

For those confused by srbs (((spam-troll comment))), this thread requests line-number highlighting.
Disclaimer: here is various Macs High Sierra 10.13.6 to Mojave 10.14.2. This may not be fail on other devices/systems.

2019 Jan 22 EXIST :((
BAD: no gutter number coloring so
CONFUSES WORKFLOW, and
OBFUSCATES DISPLAY information, and
DISORGANIZES DISPLAY behavior that should be default for application as standard Sublime Text behavior

2019-? better :)) but NOT EXIST
REQUEST GUTTER ACTIVE LINE COLORS (2):
gutter color number CONTENT SELECTION (S) / CURSOR LOCATION (S), and
gutter color number CURSOR MOST RECENT LOCATION

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#4

It would be nice if Sublime Text not only fixes this fail, but also embeds into (and leaves room for) user custom Gutter Number highlights. For example, right-click (tap) to select a color from a default group of colors, team ownership, theme Gutter Number colors, assign Gutter Number colors specific to code languages, reflect device activity such as regular vs. 3D printing, any more ideas? How to turn on Gutter Number highlight colors?
Someone HELP!

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Active Line Gutter Number