SUMMARY Switch the icon of the eye dropper to something more intuitive and even easier to select colors with. I like something like this: https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/46c8b4048fc7f5b81a4128bc4dcaf1568d3cf316/krita/data/cursors/color-picker_image_foreground.xpm
I'm using Breeze icons in my application and have a replacement icon for the color picker contributed by a user: Icon: https://github.com/drawpile/Drawpile/blob/master/desktop/theme/light/color-picker.svg Related issue tracker link: https://github.com/drawpile/Drawpile/issues/540
Very cool! Can I get your permission to use that icon as the basis for fixing this bug?
Yes, be my guest. The original author (Le2222 @ github) also granted permission.
Thanks! I've submitted a patch upstream: https://phabricator.kde.org/D25132 BTW I re-did a bunch of the other Breeze draw-* and select-* icons in https://cgit.kde.org/breeze-icons.git/commit/?id=96642fc58f98f89fbea0ea7525ca45e0e807cc6d, so if you've forked the theme or are using hardcodedc copies of those icons, you might want to update your versions (and also consider using the icons directly from the theme rather than embedding them in your app :) )
Thanks, I probably should indeed update my copy of the theme. I am actually using the system theme. The copies are used only as fallbacks if an icon is not found in the theme.
Git commit b9dd7fd5a67220f5accc0ba1f6764f047f352ec3 by Nate Graham. Committed on 13/11/2019 at 21:27. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Use an eyedropper for color-picker icons Summary: The current icon is a black droplet which doesn't really communicate "pick a color from the screen", though that's what this icon is used for. Other apps use an eyedropper for this too. This icon is a modification of one submitted in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403924. I've cleaned it up to pixel-align everything, use the correct margins, and do the CSS stylesheet magic. FIXED-IN: 5.65 Test Plan: Montage: {F7761511, size=full} In Kolourpaint: {F7761515, size=full} Reviewers: #vdg, ndavis Reviewed By: #vdg, ndavis Subscribers: ndavis, kde-frameworks-devel Tags: #frameworks Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D25132 M +11 -12 icons-dark/actions/16/color-picker.svg M +12 -14 icons-dark/actions/22/color-picker.svg M +11 -12 icons-dark/actions/24/color-picker.svg M +11 -12 icons-dark/actions/32/color-picker.svg M +11 -12 icons/actions/16/color-picker.svg M +12 -14 icons/actions/22/color-picker.svg M +11 -12 icons/actions/24/color-picker.svg M +11 -12 icons/actions/32/color-picker.svg https://commits.kde.org/breeze-icons/b9dd7fd5a67220f5accc0ba1f6764f047f352ec3