| Summary: | In system settings, the icon used for "pointing devices" is a graphics tablet, which is unknown to most users | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] systemsettings | Reporter: | makosol |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | nate, p.r.worrall |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 5.23.5 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/plasma/systemsettings/commit/e6b5a0fd06850abfcf033de2c1f69e60fb898d45 | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | 5.24 |
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| Attachments: | Input devices icons with Breeze Dark | ||
Created attachment 145866 [details]
Input devices icons with Breeze Dark
Hi! Which Icon Set are you using (System Settings=>Appearance=>Icons)?
I use "Breeze Dark" and it shows a mouse icon (see attachment)
I use Breeze. Sorry, I spoke about the icon for "Input Devices" (my KDE is in French...). I see now. Confirming Fair enough! A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/systemsettings/-/merge_requests/118 Git commit eceb4c53f9d5e404404a8e6e796bed882bb878b9 by Nate Graham. Committed on 24/01/2022 at 22:00. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Use a more familiar icon for the "Input Devices" category Right now it uses the `preferences-desktop-peripherals` icon, which is problematic on three levels: - It is not sementically accurate since "peripherals" encompasses far more than just input devices; printers fit under this term too. - It looks like a graphics tablet, which is one of the least likely input device for the user to have available, beaten out only by a joystick. This makes its recognizability factor quite low. - A graphics tablet has the same shape as a monitor, so there are two icons right on top of each other with the same basic shape, contributing to the "icon soup" effect. To make the icon more recognizable to the majority of users, let's change it to `preferences-desktop-mouse` which is an example of an input device and is known to everybody and has a visually distinct shape. FIXED-IN: 5.24 M +1 -1 categories/settings-hardware-input.desktop https://invent.kde.org/plasma/systemsettings/commit/eceb4c53f9d5e404404a8e6e796bed882bb878b9 Git commit e6b5a0fd06850abfcf033de2c1f69e60fb898d45 by Nate Graham. Committed on 24/01/2022 at 22:13. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'Plasma/5.24'. Use a more familiar icon for the "Input Devices" category Right now it uses the `preferences-desktop-peripherals` icon, which is problematic on three levels: - It is not sementically accurate since "peripherals" encompasses far more than just input devices; printers fit under this term too. - It looks like a graphics tablet, which is one of the least likely input device for the user to have available, beaten out only by a joystick. This makes its recognizability factor quite low. - A graphics tablet has the same shape as a monitor, so there are two icons right on top of each other with the same basic shape, contributing to the "icon soup" effect. To make the icon more recognizable to the majority of users, let's change it to `preferences-desktop-mouse` which is an example of an input device and is known to everybody and has a visually distinct shape. FIXED-IN: 5.24 (cherry picked from commit eceb4c53f9d5e404404a8e6e796bed882bb878b9) M +1 -1 categories/settings-hardware-input.desktop https://invent.kde.org/plasma/systemsettings/commit/e6b5a0fd06850abfcf033de2c1f69e60fb898d45 |
SUMMARY In system settings, the icon used for "pointing devices" ("Périphériques d'entrée" in french) is a graphics tablet, which is unknown to most users. So this icon doesn't fullfil its function which is helping the users find what they are looking for. A keyboard/mouse icon would be better i think. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION