Bug 403512 - Widget icons should become monochrome and symbolic at small sizes
Summary: Widget icons should become monochrome and symbolic at small sizes
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 417969
Alias: None
Product: Breeze
Classification: Plasma
Component: Icons (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: visual-design
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Reported: 2019-01-22 17:28 UTC by veggero
Modified: 2020-02-21 16:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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All possible widget icons (203.47 KB, image/png)
2019-01-22 17:28 UTC, veggero
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All possible icons, with panel size < 32 (59.14 KB, image/png)
2019-01-22 17:29 UTC, veggero
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Description veggero 2019-01-22 17:28:49 UTC
Created attachment 117616 [details]
All possible widget icons

SUMMARY
Icons of various widgets on panels show inconsistency, with about half monocrome icon and half colored.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a panel
2. Add widgets
3. Add any widget with an icon

OBSERVED RESULT
Many icons are inconsistent.

EXPECTED RESULT
All icons should be monocrome (I think?)
Comment 1 veggero 2019-01-22 17:29:38 UTC
Created attachment 117617 [details]
All possible icons, with panel size < 32
Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2019-01-23 00:41:12 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 381960 ***
Comment 3 veggero 2019-01-23 20:48:27 UTC
Hi, I'm sorry, how is this a duplicate of that bug? There it is argued that icons should not change based on the panel height, but only that the icons should be consistent toghether. As far as this bug report is concerned, it is not a problem that they change.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2019-01-23 22:38:50 UTC
Correct, not a duplicate. However I'm not sure if it's possible to fix this. When you add an app launcher widget or an icons-only task manager for example, those icons are always going to be colorful--and appropriately so. So there will always be some colorful icons on the panel, no matter its height. And system tray icons are always going to be monochrome (barring a few bug  in apps that define their own system tray icons), no matter the panel's height.

The only thing we could do here is *maybe* have monochrome versions of widget icons and panel representations at small sizes. Do you think that would be be good enough, or a pointless endeavor given the above limitations?
Comment 5 veggero 2019-01-24 07:29:58 UTC
Now that I think about it, it could be a good idea. If you use a small panel, you probably are not using icon launchers, and consistency can be achieved - I've seen it used often mac-style on the top (in fact, I use it that way too).
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2019-01-24 17:35:00 UTC
Thanks, that makes sense.
Comment 7 andydecleyre 2019-03-04 20:32:26 UTC
Does the problem of the Folder View icon not being monochrome (taking on the color of the plasma theme, which may take on the color of the user's color scheme) fit within this report, or should it be a separate issue?
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2019-03-05 16:11:00 UTC
Sounds like something separate. Please file under Plasmashell | Folder and attach screenshots and screen recordings. :)
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2020-02-21 16:07:31 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 417969 ***