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["Kliment (Future Bits)" <kliment@xxxxxxxx>]

Another application I use has eye (oval outline, circular pupil, no
eyelashes) for visible and eye outline (no pupil) with crossout line
diagonally across it for not visible. Works pretty well.

On 14.10.20 17:07, Jon Evans wrote:
> (The contrast for the current icons is worse on Windows than on other
> platforms because the default Windows application color theme uses a
> darker panel background)
> 
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:06 AM Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Like I said, the icons (visual style and color) will be changed
>     before release
> 
>     On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:05 AM Brian Piccioni
>     <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>     wrote:
> 
>         Perhaps eye / no eye?
> 
>         The thing is, the difference between on and off is eyelashes +
>         contrast. Depending on the display that can be pretty hard to
>         differentiate.
> 
> 
>         On 2020-10-14 11:00 a.m., Jon Evans wrote:
>>         > FWIW, I find the "open eye", "closed eye" a bit hard to
>>         differentiate. I'd prefer something like an X or check mark.
>>
>>         The icons are being tweaked before release.  The problem with
>>         the checkboxes is that they look different on every platform
>>         and it's not as clear that they are visibility controls --
>>         normally checkboxes are for enabling/disabling things.
>>
>>
>>         On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:57 AM Ian McInerney
>>         <Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx <mailto:Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>             On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 3:52 PM Jon Evans
>>             <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>                 "Footprint Text" off turns off all footprint text,
>>                 including references and values.  This isn't new
>>                 behavior but I worry that the simplified objects panel
>>                 has made it more confusing than it was in 5.1
>>
>>
>>             This only turns it off when viewing the board, correct? It
>>             will still be included in the plot output if the actual
>>             text is marked "Show" in the dialog.
>>
>>
>>         Yes
>>
>>              
>>
>>                 We could have the Footprint Text control act as a
>>                 visual override for the Values and References controls
>>                 to make this more clear...
>>
>>
>>             Can we link these controls so that changing the "Footprint
>>             Text" visibility changes the "references" and "values"
>>             visibility, but those two can still be changed separately?
>>             (e.g. to allow showing only the references text from
>>             footprints).
>>
>>
>>         That's what I was proposing
>>
>>         -Jon
> 
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