Subject: RE: [External] : bug#16403: Rectangular selection visually disturbing

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 17:06:17 +0000

I noted:

> (FWIW, a horizontal line would also have made sense.
> It could even make sense to use both vertical and
> horizontal.  But no one has implemented adding a
> thin horizontal line.)

In fact, maybe, depending on how it were implemented,
using a horizontal line instead of a vertical one
would also not have the visual effect that disturbs
OP.  If the vertical space needed for the horizontal
line were taken from the interline space, then there
would be no jump in vertical distance.

If someone knowledgeable were to implement it, I
think it would be helpful to optionally provide:

 1. Both horizontal and vertical lines.
 2. Only-horizontal and only-vertical lines.

And again, with the possibility of using a different
face for the empty-rectangle case, i.e., when the
highlighting is just a line (or lines).