Usage feedback

[gamagan]

This is a fantastic extension. Thanks for making it.

I'm writing to give some feedback based on my current usage. Nothing major, but nice to haves.

I'm using it from VS2019, latest version as of this ticket, 16.8.3

Bugs/Issues:

• If you change which columns are displayed from default then, if you make a settings change, the displayed columns go back to default.
• When initially opening the IDE and compiling a C++ project, BuildVision doesn't show the Window (the default Output shows) until you specifically click the BuildVision tab. From then on, BuildVision does show the Window when compiling.

Ergonomics:

• The 'Cancel' button is in the same spot as the build/rebuild/clean buttons. When trying to Cancel a build, you can accidentally click rebuild/clean, if you're timing is not correct. Making the cancel button and the other buttons have fixed spots in the task-bar would solve this issue.
• The main icon for the build-in-progress and build-complete look very similar, where the latter's only difference is a green checkmark. When you have alot of projects, and thus have lots of green checkmarks, it makes it a little unclear to notice when the build is done, unless you pay close attention. To aid with visibility, keep the build-in-progress as is, but change the build-complete icon: Remove the down blue arrow, and color the entire icon green. On build failure, the keep the icon with the eye, but color it red. Thus: white is in progress, green is success, red is failure.
• The building and up-to-date targets have different arrow icons, but the icons are the same color (both blue). It would be useful if the color for up-to-date icons where a different color from the building ones.
• If possible, use different status bar color based on project build status (currently, always blue). Use green on compilation success, red on error. This would allow keeping the BuildVision tab closed for compiles, while getting clear indication of the status when compilation is done. This is specially useful in Fullscreen mode. This way, you don't have to read the text closely to known when compilation is done, and of its result type.

Thanks again, for building this nice extension.