More readable ELSE event

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Hi,

I’d like to ask if it would be possible to make the two events,the parent event and the ELSE event stand out more clearly, in the preferable way.

I’m not sure if it’s just me or if it’s because I use the dark theme, but I find it quite difficult to distinguish/read.

I was thinking that maybe they could be visually connected with a bracket or some other indicator.

I know it’s possible to change the event color, but that is possible for all events, i’m looking for something unique connecting the two.

If i’m missing something let me know.

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Nah you are right
Even so there is no other way for ELSE to work than THIS event above and THIS event below
It clearly lacks clear indications they are connected

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Maybe it would be enough to highlight the “Else” row. I find it hard to spot, especially on more cluttered event pages.

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My best idea is to have this colored

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One thing the Else event has and so do the other ‘special’ events such as Repeat, While etc is a different coloured background for the event ‘title’. It’s the same colour as the general event sheet background. For dark mode it’s grey and for light mode it’s a lighter white.

I had an experiment making it darker for both dark and light mode. Making it lighter in light mode would be useless as it’s already close to white.

But yeah, it doesn’t give Else a visual link to the preceding event.

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Or else just give the word its own colour.

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What if the first event had If inside it.

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Or maybe If… Then.

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It’s fine too, as long as it can be tracked easily.

Also, in my opinion, they shouldn’t be separable, as that could lead to logic issues.

Something similar to how we handle local variables would be preferable, since you have to explicitly right-click and delete them. It’s up to the developers, though.

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I agree. I previously envisioned an If… Then as similar to a While event. Although, I’m not sure about the else. Maybe just If… Else or something that expands. IDK.

It’s easy to encapsulate an If Or Else but difficult to add sub-events.