Bug 384018

Summary: Disconnected wi-fi icon is almost invisible
Product: [Plasma] Breeze Reporter: Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component: IconsAssignee: andreas <kainz.a>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: andrew.crouthamel, codestruct, kainz.a, nate, rdieter, satellitgo, sebas, simonandric5
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.10.4   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: KDE Frameworks 5.45
Attachments: disconnected wi-fi icon
screenshot taken on neon user edition
Too light, disconnected
Looks better, low signal

Description Patrick Silva 2017-08-25 18:56:52 UTC
Created attachment 107518 [details]
disconnected wi-fi icon

See my screenshot.
I use Plasma 5.10.5 from Arch repositories.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2017-10-30 20:51:38 UTC
I'm guessing this is largely intentional.
Comment 2 David Edmundson 2018-01-31 10:47:06 UTC
*** Bug 389673 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2018-02-17 15:34:07 UTC
Created attachment 110748 [details]
screenshot taken on neon user edition

fixed in frameworks 5.43? Are you sure?
Comment 5 Gregor Mi 2018-02-18 10:06:19 UTC
*** Bug 383117 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2018-02-19 00:43:14 UTC
Created attachment 110797 [details]
Too light, disconnected

Confirmed, not fixed in 5.43. Andreas, looks like your fix in https://cgit.kde.org/breeze-icons.git/commit/?id=2a6192a4196a5977362fe03bdf6637530c47ec6f might not have worked. I think I may see the probblem: the "low signal strength" icons were updated to be darker, but the "wifi disconnected" icon (network-wireless-acquiring) wasn't. See attached screenshots (open each in a new tab and switch between them and you'll notice the difference).

I still think the disconnected icon should be red, mirroring the "wired network disconnected" icon. Even at 50% lightness, the disconnected icon seems too light and leaves a visual gap in the status bar.
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2018-02-19 00:45:59 UTC
Created attachment 110798 [details]
Looks better, low signal
Comment 8 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-02-22 15:14:34 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6)
> I still think the disconnected icon should be red, mirroring the "wired
> network disconnected" icon. Even at 50% lightness, the disconnected icon
> seems too light and leaves a visual gap in the status bar.

Yes, I agree with this. Consistency is key, and bringing attention to the wireless being disconnected is good, as it is with the wired connection.
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2018-03-16 15:49:16 UTC
That was fixed in https://phabricator.kde.org/D11390

We made the disconnected wifi icon darker and put a red X in the corner.
Comment 10 Patrick Silva 2018-04-02 00:54:27 UTC
neon dev unstable has frameworks 5.45 and I see no red X.
I'm still seeing the same icon from my first screenshot.
Comment 11 Nate Graham 2019-11-14 04:05:24 UTC
*** Bug 372391 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***