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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fabrizio,

On 7/25/2018 9:05 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I just wold like to remind you that if you decide to personalize kicad
> icons, kicad will end up with a lot of icons to maintain.
> 
> Currently kicad is using really a lot of icons and few years ago we
> tried to simplified them so that icons could be reused. This is useful
> when you try to give consistancy to the overall looks of KiCad GUI.
> 
> What you guys are doing is maybe going back to what was kicad few
> years ago. I am not saying that this is a bad thing, mine is just a
> very generic comment and might not even apply to these icons in
> particular. I just would like to give you guys a larger overview of
> the icon situation.
> 
> The "property" option is (often) defined with a cog wheel. It is not
> unusual for open source projects to quickly develop 25 property icons
> made with a smaller cog wheel overlaid an other icon. How, this visual
> technique might not be the best option. Overlay tiny images to convey
> specific meaning might not lead to a present use of the GUI.
> 
> Also, I will not enter into tiny image pixel alignment problem because
> we did it so many time in the last 5 years here but instead I would
> love to propose to begin talking about the use of vector format icons
> and possible the use of script to combine icons.

I don't know if wx 3.1 supports vector image formats in controls on not.
 Unfortunately, the 3.0 branch does not so we are stuck with raster
images for the foreseeable future.  When a version of wx is widely
available that supports vector graphics in controls, I will be more than
happy to dump the bitmaps.

Wayne

> 
> Just my 2c
> 
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
> 
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:45 PM John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> Sure thing! Here they are.
>>
>> I have modified part_properties (patch 1) and create field_properties
>> and used in the menu and toolbar (patch 2).
>>
>> Attached are the PNGs for reference.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 8:35 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> When you get a chance could you also edit the part_properties_xpm icon to be the op-amp with a gear over it?
>>>
>>> Oh, and a new icon with the op-amp with a little ’T’ in the bottom right corner would be great.
>>>
>>> (Both are for the symbol editor.  They’re currently just a generic gear and a generic ’T’.)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jeff.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 24 Jul 2018, at 16:56, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I’ve merged your icon, John.  Thanks for your contribution!
>>>>
>>>>> On 24 Jul 2018, at 12:35, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is a new icon for the board setup toolbar and menu item. The
>>>>> generic gear icon is no clear, as it looks like "Preferences" rather
>>>>> than board setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> PNG included for reference only.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> John
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