Keep a different shape is ok, but why not leave the marker squares with a different color, as in the debugging session? I think it is really clear and usable this way. Maybe a 50% gray may already be fine.
Have a fast recovery!
Today in Coding With Covid, I bring you a long overdue UI rendering tweak to properly display the lower-right registration box in a 25x25 or 29x29 SeedQR.
Got it fixed fairly quickly but had to push through some harder debugging at the end while feeling my energy level draining out fast. Bottom just fell out suddenly on me. Feeling pretty sick again. Whee!
Anyhoo, before / after:
(the red is just a temporary debugging thing so I can see my changes more easily)
The errant dot rendering makes it confusing when creating your SeedQR; it looks like boxes you should be marking but the templates already have it filled in. It just makes you a little unsure of where you're at.
The corrected squares-not-dots rendering also applies to the zoomed-in transcription UI, fixing the aforementioned confusion:
Got it all working and submitted the PR:
https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/pull/484
Now it's bedtime for me, y'all.
Discussion
That's not a bad idea. I'll try to do some tests today.
Fail! Changing the color somehow introduced a new ~12sec rendering delay!
Have no idea why. Shelving this idea for now.