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So it is sometime confusing whether you are on the beginning of the line or not. Before it was light gray. It is regression -> p2.
This was implemented according to the UI spec: http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/ui/editor/gutter/glyphgutter-foldingbar.html Leaving the issue open, you're not the only one who doesn't like the change.
Aha :) It is confusing mainly when you are e.g. in the part of code where there are no those vertical lines (e.g. where you define class fields). I worked with older version few days ago and it was 100% better.
We will need to find a proper ui solution. CCing Jano. FYI: issue #55257
IMHO first we need to finally decide from the UI point of view. Reassigning to Honza P. who will take care of this issue.
This is not a regression. We designed it this way ;-). We wanted to reduce visual clutter. I agree there are some problems with the current solution, but I don't think it is a P2 bug. Also, the current dev build doesn't highlight the caret row properly. If it is fixed it should improve visibility of beginning of current line. For next releases, we have to improve behavior and appearance of annotations bar (editor gutter). We want to make annotations clickable and expand width if there are more annotations on one line. Together with that, we should also eliminate problems with locating beginning of line. I think we can find a solution that would work for you and would also be visually appealing. I'm changing this to enhancement. Martin, please be more specific about the problems you see with the current solution (white background of folding bar). Thanks.
The caret row highlight works. I find it perfectly clear to know where the caret is on a line.