[arangodb-google] grayed-out but not in-active: An ArangoDB UI Question

[Jeff Smith]

Question: The ArangoDB User Interface appears to have many menu selections
in a gray color. It looks to my eye like they are "grayed-out".

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However, when I hover over them with my mouse, they suddenly light up and
display their color, and I find that they are active and available menu
choices.

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This is confusing to me as I always assumed that when something is
grayed-out, it is in-active and is unable to be selected, as in this
example, where the forward and back buttons are grayed out, indicating that
they are not viable selections at this time.

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Does this choice reflect new thinking in GUI design? Admittedly this is not
the first place I have noticed the "active" grayed-out behavior in newer
applications, but I fail to understand why it is being used and what it
means.


Thanks, Jeff
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