[Qgis-developer] Expression editor icon

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Robert,

I also created a standalone version of the filter symbol [1][2] but I'm 
not yet happy with it. It looks a bit "blocky" to me. Maybe the lighter 
part of the background is too intensive?

I also thought, that for the expression combined with something else, 
the "something else" part should be in the center and the expression 
icon itself could be smaller, as it's just a helper to accomplish the 
main task of selecting/filtering/defining the preview.

What do you think?

Regards,
Matthias

PS: I'll be out of office next week, so don't expect any answers from me 
then. I'm sure the two of you will make good decisions.

[1] http://qgis.vitu.ch/download/dual-view-icons.png
[2] 
https://raw.github.com/matthias-kuhn/Quantum-GIS/dual-view/images/themes/gis/mActionFilter.svg

On 02/01/2013 08:39 AM, Robert Szczepanek wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> Your parenthesis look much, much better!
> I can make this version in Inkscape.
>
> regards,
> Robert
>
> On 01.02.2013 02:18, Larry Shaffer wrote:
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> I played around with the 'E' and added parens to it, to reflect the
>> syntax checking of the expression editor [0][1]. It was just in
>> Photoshop, as I didn't have time to work in Inkscape (slower process on
>> the Mac).
>>
>> I think the icon needs to stand on its own (without text, see slide #3)
>> and needs a little something more than just an E. The Bob the builder
>> icon doesn't seem to scale down very well (see slide #4). I tried a
>> small wrench inside the parens, but like many other symbols I tried, it
>> didn't legibly scale down to 16x16 very well.
>>
>> [0] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ib6hycmyvg75rn9/CVU007rVQK
>> [1] http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/expression_ls.png
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Robert Szczepanek <robert at szczepanek.pl
>> <mailto:robert at szczepanek.pl>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     Expression builder [1] inspired by Bob [2] ;), in case if pure
>>     expression [4] is not you are looking for.
>>     And missing selection options [3].
>>
>>     regards,
>>     Robert
>>
>>     [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/__changeset/9705/
>>     <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/9705/>
>>     [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/__File:Bob_the_builder.jpg
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bob_the_builder.jpg>
>>     [3]
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/__browser/graphics/trunk/__toolbar-icons/24x24/__expression.png
>> <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/graphics/trunk/toolbar-icons/24x24/expression.png>
>>     [4] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/__changeset/9706/
>>     <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/9706/>
>>
>>     On 31.01.2013 08:17, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Robert
>>
>>         On 01/30/2013 11:47 PM, Robert Szczepanek wrote:
>>
>>             Hi Matthias,
>>
>>             Here it is:
>>             http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/__changeset/9681/
>>             <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/9681/>
>>
>>         That was fast, thanks a lot.
>>
>>
>>             Concerning your request for Expression + Selection with
>>             additional
>>             plus/minus/intersection elements.
>>             I'm afraid of making icons with too much information.
>>             Perhaps we could make it in this (context) order:
>>             expression-select
>>             select-add (not ready yet, but similar to [2])
>>             select-remove (not ready yet)
>>
>>             This is very general problem. In different places we could
>>             just use
>>             '+' or '-' icons. What do you think (Matthias, Larry)?
>>
>>         I understand your concerns. Especially for small icons.
>>         In this case, the context can actually be used to skip the
>>         expression
>>         icon (the user is in the expression builder dialog) and a
>>         select-add/select-remove/__select-intersect button will be
>>         sufficient. So
>>         I'd be happy with your idea.
>>
>>         Could you also commit a standalone expression builder icon (to
>>         use as
>>         such and as a basis to combine it with other tools)?
>>
>>
>>             regards,
>>             Robert
>>
>>             [2]
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/__browser/graphics/trunk/__toolbar-icons/24x24/select-__cancel.png
>> <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/graphics/trunk/toolbar-icons/24x24/select-cancel.png>
>>
>>
>>         Regards
>>         Matthias
>>
>>
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