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✨ Enable User to Choose a Current Line Color In Themes Settings

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
swift
Domain
design, desktop

Research direction

Start by locating the themes settings and the editor's current-line highlighting behavior in the macOS app. Confirm how existing theme colors are selected and applied, then verify that a user-selected Current Line color appears behind the cursor line and persists with the theme.

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Description

enhancement settings theme
Description

Add "Current Line" color to themes so that the user can select a color to applied to background of the line the cursor in on.

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