@per1234

Describe the problem

🐛 If you click on anything outside the Serial Monitor input field, the field loses its border and is not easily distinguishable from the output window.

To reproduce

1. Select a board/port in the Arduino IDE.
2. Open Serial Monitor.
3. Add some text to the "Message" field.
4. Click outside the message field.

🐛 Notice that there is now no indication that an input field exists:

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Expected behavior

A UI design that clearly identifies the Serial Monitor input field to the user under any conditions.

Arduino IDE version

Original report

2.0.0-rc2

Last verified with

d6a4b0f

Operating system

Windows

Operating system version

10

Additional context

The Arduino IDE 1.x Serial Monitor follows the standard GUI conventions, making use of the input field intuitive:

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Possibly related:

• Replace the serial monitor view with a monaco editor #105

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