Deck: Ability to colorize stacks.

[RobertZenz]

It would be nice if we would be able to colorize the stacks. So simply being able to define the background color of the stack would be enough.

[laurentiu2]

👍 indeed. It would be wonderful.

[juliushaertl]

Adding a full colored background doesn't fit very well into the whole Nextcloud design. We could consider having a more decent color highlighting on stacks, but I still would prefer to keep things simple, where it isn't urgently needed. cc @nextcloud/designers

[jancborchardt]

Trello allows setting custom colors, as well as even background images: https://help.trello.com/article/818-changing-board-backgrounds (which includes picking photos, or choosing from Unsplash)

Which to be honest is kind of nice. :) It’s not a very pressing issue, but I would not outright reject it. Not sure which other apps fit for this, but maybe this is just material for a separate app to be written?

[RobertZenz]

@jancborchardt That's for the board as far as I can see, though.

[jancborchardt]

Oh, sorry misread! Hmm … am also not sure about this. If there’s different colors they should be used sparingly and convey meaning. The boards already have colors, as have the tags, and for each individual stack to have colors too is a bit overkill (a bit like how Calendars have colors, and individual _event_ coloring is a bit much). Also it doesn’t seem other solutions are doing this?

I’d suggest to simply use an emoji as the first character of the stack title?

Generally agree with @juliushaertl

I still would prefer to keep things simple, where it isn't urgently needed.

[RobertZenz]

If there’s different colors they should be used sparingly and convey meaning.

No? That is completely up to the user. If they want to have all stacks bright red, let them do that.

[laurentiu2]

I'd keep it as an option for the user.
In my particular case, I would choose a different color for each team member i assign a card to, this way I'd see instantly how the work is distributed.

[RobertZenz]

But that's about colorizing cards, not stacks.

[compumatter]

Totally agree about adding color options. The ability to define stack colors at minimum. For instance I might like to choose Red, Yellow Green to indicate the degree of importance in a list

Jay

[juliushaertl]

No? That is completely up to the user. If they want to have all stacks bright red, let them do that.

This is not how we decide on if features are added. We are aiming to develop a software that provides a good user experience, is easy to use and has features that fit for a lot of common use caes. We don’t offer settings for everything that might be possible, please see the Nextcloud design guidelines and especially Choosing our preferences.

[RobertZenz]

This is not how we decide on if features are added. We are aiming to develop a software that provides a good user experience, is easy to use and has features that fit for a lot of common use caes.

That does not necessarily stand against my statement. My point was that there is no point in arbitrarily limiting possibilities. If you already have the ability to colorize the stacks, there is no point in hampering that ability by only providing a pre-selection of colors. These colors might or might not work for the user (there are many forms of color blindness and personal tastes out there). You can always show the pre-selected colors and additionally allow the users to pick their own colors. However, if you want to provide the ability to colorize the stacks is a completely different matter. I was arguing against that arbitrary limitation if that feature becomes available.