Colors for active "when" are suboptimal for color-weak/blind people

[Kurt Huwig]

When I activate a “when”, then it is highlighted by a pastel-colored outline. This is hard to see when you are color-weak or blind. What about giving it some pattern so that it is easier to see for those people?

[John Maloney]

Thanks the suggestion.

We're using a feature of the browser canvas that doesn't offer as much control as I'd like, but I will see what can be done.

[Kurt Huwig]

A different gray level would be already an improvement as this is how it looks in black and white:

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I cannot make out any difference without colors.

[John Maloney]

Wow! If one of those scripts has the "running" highlight, I can't see it. I'll work on this.

[John Maloney]

I made some changes in the latest pilot release which you can run as:

https://microblocks.fun/run-pilot/microblocks.html

Let me know what you think.

[Kurt Huwig]

Verified with my son that he can now see a difference. I’ve also verified with

https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/

That there is a difference.

[John Maloney]

Thanks for testing it. This change will go going into the stable release next week. Meanwhile, feel free to use the pilot release.

Also, thanks for the link to the simulator. That's a useful tool.