Tom, I totally agree with your suggestion, but it would be great if the default icon set looks good on both light and dark backgrounds.
Kai > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Tom Schindl > Sent: Freitag, 13. Juli 2012 08:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [e4-dev] Themes for Eclipse 4 > > Well potentially icons even have to change based on the theme, so there's > bit of a mismatch between theme and application model in this regard. > > So i think the icons defined in the model can only act as defaults and can be > overwritten by CSS-Definitions: > > #save { > image: url(); > } > > #save:disabled { > image: url(); > } > > #save:hover { > image: url(); > } > > Tom > > Am 13.07.12 08:03, schrieb Toedter, Kai: > >> 2012/7/12 Gerald Rosenberg <[email protected]>: > >>> The backgrounds of these icons are transparent. The white/lite > >>> colored pixels are non-transparent artifacts. All that is needed is > >>> a bit of pixel editing to remove them. > > The only way to have a consistent icon set that looks good on dark and light > backgrounds is to provide icons with a real alpha channel. 100% transparency > per background pixel, like we have it now, does not work in terms of a > professional look. PNG supports this pretty good. But this would lead to a > redesign of ALL icons used in Eclipse. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Kai > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:e4-dev- > [email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Lars Vogel > >> Sent: Freitag, 13. Juli 2012 07:15 > >> To: E4 Project developer mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [e4-dev] Themes for Eclipse 4 > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> sounds easy enough. > >> > >> @Sopot can you please open a bug for that? > >> > >> Best regards, Lars > >> > >> 2012/7/12 Gerald Rosenberg <[email protected]>: > >>> The backgrounds of these icons are transparent. The white/lite > >>> colored pixels are non-transparent artifacts. All that is needed is > >>> a bit of pixel editing to remove them. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Gerald > >>> > >>> In article > <CAOeJ3wvxszE+KWVVAeAtNOqCU5KYXTYzzwD0tz1=tESNvpu- > >>> [email protected]>, [email protected] says... > >>> | > >>> |Hi Sopot, > >>> | > >>> |but if all icons would have transparent background, this would work, > right? > >>> | > >>> |Best regards, Lars > >>> | > >>> |2012/7/12 Sopot Çela <[email protected]>: > >>> |> Hi Lars, > >>> |> > >>> |> I'm not sure of the technical effort to achieve this but I > >>> |> thought It should be brought up also as it risked to be frogotten > >>> |> through the CSS issues. IMHO any dark theme needs other icons as > >>> |> the white pixels in the edges (on black > >>> |> background) really interfere with the slick look of the rest of the > theme. > >>> |> > >>> |> Sopot > >>> |> > >>> |> On Jul 12, 2012, at 20:41, Lars Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> |> > >>> |> Hi Sopot, > >>> |> > >>> |> is it "just" an issue of replacing the icons or is it also a > >>> |> technical issue? > >>> |> > >>> |> Best regards, Lars > >>> |> > >>> |> 2012/7/12 Sopot Çela <[email protected]> > >>> |>> > >>> |>> I just tried the theme and think that Roger's concern regarding > >>> |>> (quote) > >>> |>> > >>> |>> - Is there a way to get PNG icons with alpha transparency > >>> |>> instead of those with the white pixels around them? > >>> |>> > >>> |>> should also be tracked as they show various glitches in dark > >>> |>> themes. I guess the closing icon X in parts also suffers from > >>> |>> the same > >> problem. > >>> |>> > >>> |>> Maybe Roger can confirm that better than me. > >>> |>> > >>> |>> Sopot > >>> |>> > >>> |>> > >>> |>> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Lars Vogel > >>> |>> <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> |>>> > >>> |>>> Hello Mike, > >>> |>>> > >>> |>>> as suggested by you I opened a separate bugs for the styling of > >>> |>>> the table > >>> |>>> header: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=384906 > >>> |>>> > >>> |>>> I keep track of all related CSS styling bugs, I suggest to have > >>> |>>> a master bug which keeps a reference to all related bugs. 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