feat: Add setting to hide scrollbar highlights

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 - Minor: Mentions of FrankerFaceZ and BetterTTV in settings are standardized as such. (#5698)
 - Minor: Emote names are no longer duplicated when using smarter emote completion. (#5705)
 - Minor: Added a setting to hide the scrollbar thumb (the handle you can drag). Hiding the scrollbar thumb will disable mouse click & drag interactions in the scrollbar. (#5731)
+- Minor: Added a setting to hide the scrollbar highlights. (#5732)
 - Minor: The window layout is now backed up like the other settings. (#5647)
 - Bugfix: Fixed tab move animation occasionally failing to start after closing a tab. (#5426, #5612)
 - Bugfix: If a network request errors with 200 OK, Qt's error code is now reported instead of the HTTP status. (#5378)

src/singletons/Settings.hpp

@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ class Settings
         "/appearance/scrollbar/hideThumb",
         false,
     };
+    BoolSetting hideScrollbarHighlights = {
+        "/appearance/scrollbar/hideHighlights",
+        false,
+    };
 
     /// Behaviour
     BoolSetting allowDuplicateMessages = {"/behaviour/allowDuplicateMessages",

src/widgets/Scrollbar.cpp

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ Scrollbar::Scrollbar(size_t messagesLimit, ChannelView *parent)
             this->update();
         },
         this->signalHolder);
+
+    getSettings()->hideScrollbarHighlights.connect(
+        [this](bool newValue) {
+            this->settingHideHighlights = newValue;
+            this->update();
+        },
+        this->signalHolder);
 }
 
 boost::circular_buffer<ScrollbarHighlight> Scrollbar::getHighlights() const
@@ -309,62 +316,60 @@ void Scrollbar::paintEvent(QPaintEvent * /*event*/)
         }
     }
 
-    // draw highlights
-    if (this->highlights_.empty())
+    if (this->shouldShowHighlights() && !this->highlights_.empty())
     {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    size_t nHighlights = this->highlights_.size();
-    int w = this->width();
-    float dY =
-        static_cast<float>(this->height()) / static_cast<float>(nHighlights);
-    int highlightHeight =
-        static_cast<int>(std::ceil(std::max(this->scale() * 2.0F, dY)));
+        size_t nHighlights = this->highlights_.size();
+        int w = this->width();
+        float dY = static_cast<float>(this->height()) /
+                   static_cast<float>(nHighlights);
+        int highlightHeight =
+            static_cast<int>(std::ceil(std::max(this->scale() * 2.0F, dY)));
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < nHighlights; i++)
+        {
+            const auto &highlight = this->highlights_[i];
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < nHighlights; i++)
-    {
-        const auto &highlight = this->highlights_[i];
+            if (highlight.isNull())
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-        if (highlight.isNull())
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
+            if (highlight.isRedeemedHighlight() && !enableRedeemedHighlights)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-        if (highlight.isRedeemedHighlight() && !enableRedeemedHighlights)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
+            if (highlight.isFirstMessageHighlight() &&
+                !enableFirstMessageHighlights)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-        if (highlight.isFirstMessageHighlight() &&
-            !enableFirstMessageHighlights)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
+            if (highlight.isElevatedMessageHighlight() &&
+                !enableElevatedMessageHighlights)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-        if (highlight.isElevatedMessageHighlight() &&
-            !enableElevatedMessageHighlights)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
+            QColor color = highlight.getColor();
+            color.setAlpha(255);
 
-        QColor color = highlight.getColor();
-        color.setAlpha(255);
+            int y = static_cast<int>(dY * static_cast<float>(i));
+            switch (highlight.getStyle())
+            {
+                case ScrollbarHighlight::Default: {
+                    painter.fillRect(w / 8 * 3, y, w / 4, highlightHeight,
+                                     color);
+                }
+                break;
 
-        int y = static_cast<int>(dY * static_cast<float>(i));
-        switch (highlight.getStyle())
-        {
-            case ScrollbarHighlight::Default: {
-                painter.fillRect(w / 8 * 3, y, w / 4, highlightHeight, color);
-            }
-            break;
+                case ScrollbarHighlight::Line: {
+                    painter.fillRect(0, y, w, 1, color);
+                }
+                break;
 
-            case ScrollbarHighlight::Line: {
-                painter.fillRect(0, y, w, 1, color);
+                case ScrollbarHighlight::None:;
             }
-            break;
-
-            case ScrollbarHighlight::None:;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -490,6 +495,11 @@ bool Scrollbar::shouldShowThumb() const
     return !(this->hideThumb || this->settingHideThumb);
 }
 
+bool Scrollbar::shouldShowHighlights() const
+{
+    return !this->settingHideHighlights;
+}
+
 bool Scrollbar::shouldHandleMouseEvents() const
 {
     return this->shouldShowThumb();

src/widgets/Scrollbar.hpp

@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ class Scrollbar : public BaseWidget
     /// Returns true if we should show the thumb (the handle you can drag)
     bool shouldShowThumb() const;
 
+    /// Returns true if we should show the highlights
+    bool shouldShowHighlights() const;
+
     bool shouldHandleMouseEvents() const;
 
     // offset the desired value without breaking smooth scolling
@@ -181,6 +184,9 @@ class Scrollbar : public BaseWidget
     /// Controlled by the "Hide scrollbar thumb" setting
     bool settingHideThumb{false};
 
+    /// Controlled by the "Hide scrollbar highlights" setting
+    bool settingHideHighlights{false};
+
     MouseLocation mouseOverLocation_ = MouseLocation::Outside;
     MouseLocation mouseDownLocation_ = MouseLocation::Outside;
     QPoint lastMousePosition_;

src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp

@@ -463,6 +463,9 @@ void GeneralPage::initLayout(GeneralPageView &layout)
         "Hiding the scrollbar thumb (the handle you can drag) will disable "
         "all mouse interaction in the scrollbar.");
 
+    layout.addCheckbox("Hide scrollbar highlights", s.hideScrollbarHighlights,
+                       false);
+
     layout.addTitle("Messages");
     layout.addCheckbox(
         "Separate with lines", s.separateMessages, false,