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Re: Add icons to the page index panel

 

Thanks!

Which font do you use so that the icons are shown in color?
If I try that, icons are always shown in their black and white version...

I'm on Zim Wiki 0.74.3 + Windows 10.

Regards,

Marco

On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:10 PM Rui Nibau <rui.nibau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello everybody.
>
> Just a little tip on how to have icons in the page index view, even if the widget does not have that feature : you can always put an unicode character in the page title, like that :
>
>     03 👤 Personnages
>
> Here's the result : <https://omacronides.com/pics/softs/zim/using-icons.png>
>
> cons :
>     • title can't start with the 'unicode icon'.
>     • Unicode icon is part of the file name.
> pros :
>     • No need for evolution or plugin that overrides the page index panel
>     • It's based on the unicode standard, available everywhere
>
> You can also create a custom tool to open a software to pick an unicode character, gnome-characters for example : <https://omacronides.com/pics/softs/zim/tool-gnome-characters.png>.
>
> Regards, and as always, thanks Jaap for the great work.
>
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