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Re: light or dark indicators

 

Hey Sergio,

Sorry this got buried in my inbox. You might want to try getting a hold of
Ted Gould. He would know more about libappindicator stuff.
https://launchpad.net/~ted


On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Sergio Costas <rastersoft@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok, I think I found something: the code that doesn't work in elementary
> works fine under gnome-shell (3.4 and 3.6), but not under unity, so,
> definitely, I'm convinced that libappindicator doesn't honor the
> "symbolic" namespace :(
>
> I'll continue investigating.
>
> El 30/11/12 02:00, Daniel Foré escribió:
> > Hey Sergio,
> >
> > Thanks to GTK3 and the -symbolic namespace, you can actually install just
> > one set of icons that will change color to adapt the theme! I can't find
> > good docs right now on how to create/ship/etc symbolic icons, but I would
> > suggest following what is done in GNOME/elementary. (And perhaps we
> should
> > make a task of providing those docs).
> >
> > In our icon theme, you can open up one of the symbolic icons in a folder
> > like "actions/symbolic" and see that there is a specific color of grey
> you
> > should use. Then name your icon with the "-symbolic" suffix and you
> should
> > notice that it will change color automatically!
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Sergio Costas <rastersoft@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all:
> >>
> >> I'm working on an app that has an indicator in the upper bar. Originally
> >> I designed the icons assuming a bright background, but elementary has a
> >> dark background, and the icons are hardly visible.
> >>
> >> Where do I have to install the dark and the bright versions to ensure
> >> that the system takes the right ones?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
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Best Regards,

Daniel Foré

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