Proposition for a better annotate feature

[Tom1206]

Hi,

I recently discovered in another theme the colour possibilities of the annotate feature in IntelliJ platform.

Currently Nord uses a single background colour, but I think this is a waste of a nice and convenient feature.

I tried two settings:

The first one, using nord7 to nord10, is quite colourful (maybe to much, but I kind of like it).

The colours allow to very quickly distinguish the more recent modifications from the older ones.

The second possibility is more tamed (using nord0 to nord3), and I think it's more in line with Nord in general, although a little less obvious when comparing old vs new commits.

IntelliJ offers up to 5 colours to create the gradient, but you can use less (I used 4 in these examples)

Let me know what you think.
I'm working on a pull request to fix a lot of small bug and missed colours throughout the theme, if you want I can include one of these propositions in.

I hope you are well in these difficult times, and as always I want to say thank you to the amazing work you are doing on Nord 💙.

[f1729]

That seems pretty nice!

[arcticicestudio]

Hi @Tom1206 👋, thanks for your contribution 👍

Sadly my free time is still really limited, but health is always most importantly and I'm fine. I hope everything is fine with you too.

Using the colors of the Frost palette looks really way better 😮
A darker color for changes that are further in the past and lighter colors for recent changes makes it really easy to find the information faster. Also nice you've also added Polar Night colors as alternatives, but I also guess this looks too subtle.

[Tom1206]

Hi @arcticicestudio. Glad to know you're okay ☺️, I'm also fine.

As I said I'm working on a pull request to fix everything I can find to fix in Nord Jetbrains (don't worry I'm organising everything in commits, with long descriptive messages). I implemented the Polar Night version and was testing it for the last few days, it was nice. I really didn't thought you would prefer it with Frost (I prefer it too). I will implement it in a commit in my pull request if you want.

[shiveenp]

This is wonderful and would love to have it in the theme 👍

[KTibow]

Are you still working on this pull request?