On 04/12/2010 10:17 PM, Tom Haste wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Ive had discussions with raster and Manowarrior in IRC about icons and
> their sizing. We all agree that with edje we have the power to step
> into a new age of icon size and corresponding image selection.
> Typically we have 1 icon for a specific task and then call it a day.
> This becomes a very tough situation when the FDO icon naming spec
> doesnt have any specifications in regards to size, and to introduce
> that to the spec would be yet another horror to the nightmare that is
> the icon naming spec. We also come across issues when using the scale
> option, where small icons are magnified to a size they no longer look
> good at, or shrunk so that a high detailed icon looks like a tiny
> blurry smudge.
>
> This can already be done with Embryo, by reading the object area size
> and using an image based upon it. However it would be better to have
> this done at a lower level in edje.
>
> As a rough (and most likely flawed idea) something a long these lines
> might work...
>
> imagelist {
> name: "Something";
> image: "something-16.png" 8 16 COMP;
> image: "something-48.png" 16 48 COMP;
> image: "something-128.png" 48 128 COMP;
> }
>
The only issue I can see here is, how to know which one to use...ie:
First image says min 8 max 16, but second image says min 16 also ... so
which gets used ?
dh
>
> Where there is an icon name specified, then a list of images to use
> based on the objects minimum and maximum size. Perhaps even make it
> not resize past a limit... for instance, the last example wouldnt get
> scaled higher than 128px, and the first example wouldnt scale down
> past 8px.
>
> Anyway, this is all just food for thought!
> Toma.
>
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