Icon Improvements in Global Administration
- XWiki
- Implementation
- Idea
- Yes
Description
- Update based on forum discussion
- Proposal
- Implementation
- Style of icons
- Light mode / dark mode
- The rest of the icons in all categories
Update based on forum discussion
- The general consensus is the proposal would be a good improvement to the product and easy to implement.
- Both versions (bordered and unbordered) versions are liked equally so far, but if I would choose, I would go for the bordered one.
- The inital proposal proposes to use PNGs, but now that we are updating to FA7 we can just use directly the icons themselves
Proposal
Pros of the proposal - We easily modernize GA, thus improving the perceived value of the product
Cons of the proposal - The documentation will not be cohesive with the reality of GA. I think it's worth changing things even with this con, as we don't change the contents of GA - the text items stay the same, in the same order, in the same layout.
Implementation
The idea is to add .png or, preferably, if easy to do, .svg icons in only one color for all themes (a medium gray, that work for light themes and dark themes at the same time)
The icon itself (not the border) has the color: #939598 (has 3:1 contrast against the white background in Iceberg)
Style of icons
With border | No border |
Light mode / dark mode
How the icons would look on different themes | |
The rest of the icons in all categories
Current situation #1 Images are not cohesive with the current style we are going for XS UI or with the default icon package (FA) #2 Images have a dated look, that make the whole GA seem that way (bad first impression) #3 There are not enough images to cover all items in GA #4 The icons are not adapted to darker themes (they are very bright on dark themes)
| Updated look #1 New icons are simple, minimalistic, cohesive with the flat style of XS and with the default icon package #2 Their style makes the GA look more modern #3 Each item has its own icon #4 The icons can be recolored to each theme |
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