[Qgis-developer] Icon theme update

[Robert Szczepanek]

Hi,

Very reduced use of colors in gis theme was intentional.
Colors should be used in come consistent manner.
Blue-gray was just a base. Now we can start adding (with caution) colors.

Central part of icon:
yellow - select, selected object
green - object to be edited
blue - neutral (any context)

Action part of icon (right bottom):
yellow - create, select
green - add
red - delete, remove
blue - others

I know some icons are VERY similar in look, so feel free to propose what 
new color should be used where.
Use this threat if possible please.

regards,
Robert

On 16.04.2013 10:18, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> Don't be sorry, everyone's opinion should be heard. I have mixed
> feelings, the old theme seems to kidish but the new one is too gray.
> Now is a good time to look at which icons are causing the most issues
> and revamp them.
>
> Sent from some fancy phone looking thingo
> From: Régis Haubourg
> Sent: 16/04/2013 6:06 PM
> To: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Icon theme update
> Larry_S wrote
>> Some time ago, devs voted to move to the 'gis' theme as the default, i.e.
>> not just the one selected by default but also the only theme supported by
>> the project. Even after this update, you may notice the icons are still
>> hodge-podge with inconsistent ones needing work. Due to lack of developers
>> to maintain multiple project-supported themes, it is best to have only
>> one,
>> so that a concerted effort can be made to keep it complete and cohesive.
>>
>> Does mean that we can use themes in QGIS 2.0?
>>>
>>
>> No theme support code was removed, only the gis theme condensed upon the
>> current default (because many default icons are still used) and old
>> project
>> themes removed. However, there has been talk of removing all theme
>> support,
>> but I can't speak to the state of that decision.
>>
>> I like to revive my nkids theme for QGIS 2.0 as option for Mac OS X
>>> QGIS, is this possible?
>>>
>>
>> I'm not entirely sure, but to use a different theme than the default, you
>> will need to add it to the appropriate source directories, edit the .qrc
>> files and compile the source again. For example, nkids has been in the
>> source themes directory for awhile, but not choose-able in the gui because
>> it is not been made part of compiled-in resource system.
>>
>> I did add some code to push any old saved theme choice over to the new
>> default, so if you did add a revamped nkids theme, maybe considering
>> giving
>> it a new name as well.
>
> Hi Larry,
> it's a total surprise to me, since I thought I was following list
> intensivly. I remember voting against gis theme, but majority did choose as
> default. That's fine, I'm OK with the vote. But I was thinking having the
> choice to switch back to classic theme !
> I submitted both themes to users and all of them in my corp wanted to keep
> classical one. By myself, I really have visual difficulties with gis theme
> (to much blue-grey, very few pixels to distinguish functions, overly
> complicated icons..)
> Moreover, I must say I've not been able to fund anything for months in QGIS
> project due to the lack of visibility. Please think of us and let us see
> more clearly where we can help the projects.
>
> Sorry for that message, but these last minute surprises really starts to be
> a problem to me.
>
> Régis
>
>
>
>
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