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Icons on various panel items could be larger
Status:
RESOLVED: FIXED
Severity:
enhancement
Product:
Xfce4-panel

Comments

Description Andrew Conkling 2006-01-12 18:14:04 CET
Hey Jasper,
Just started using the SVN panel.  Very nice setup!

I've noticed at a relatively small panel size (30) that the icons for launchers,
the Xfce menu plugin, and system tray icons all seem rather small for the size
of the panel.  I also resized the panel to 96 to see what would change, but the
system tray icons stayed the same, and the launcher icon maxed out around 48
(estimated).  The menu icon, on the other hand, kept resizing, and looked good
at 96.

I'm not entirely sure how the icon loading works, especially with PNG v. SVG,
but would it be possible to make the images a bit larger?  For the menu and
launchers, taking the icons out of GtkButtons would do a bit to make them use
more space.  (I'm actually thinking of gnome-panel here, which seems to do
better at a smaller size, whereas xfce4-panel scales better as the size
increases.)  For the system tray icons, I have no idea if they can get bigger,
or if they should, but at least wrapping to multiple lines would be preferred
when the size increases.

Sorry for the meta-bug, and I don't mean to complain; the 4.4 panel is very nice!
Comment 1 Jasper Huijsmans editbugs 2006-01-29 09:36:07 CET
Yeah, I think this could be optimized a bit. I probably won't have time for this
soon, I'm afraid.
Comment 2 Nick Schermer editbugs 2006-02-19 16:14:58 CET
Created attachment 454 
Load icons at dialog size

* Added a g_idle_add to launcher_set_size, so the icons are reloaded when the
panel is resized.
* Use xfce_panel_plugin_get_size to load icons at panel size.
* Removed the 2 other g_idle's to prevent loading twice.

Maybe this will help a bit
Comment 3 Jasper Huijsmans editbugs 2006-02-26 09:58:13 CET
Ok, launcher icons should now be noticeably bigger. Systray is more difficult,
not sure if I will find time to look at it before 4.4.
Comment 4 Jasper Huijsmans editbugs 2006-08-12 10:04:25 CEST
Icon sizes should be better. Systray is up to the programs creating the icons, so it can't be handled by the panel.
Comment 5 Stefan Stuhr 2006-08-12 22:34:54 CEST
(In reply to comment #0)
> For the system tray icons, I have no idea if they can get bigger,
> or if they should, but at least wrapping to multiple lines would be preferred
> when the size increases.

Something like bug #1514?
Comment 6 Jasper Huijsmans editbugs 2006-08-13 05:47:51 CEST
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > For the system tray icons, I have no idea if they can get bigger,
> > or if they should, but at least wrapping to multiple lines would be preferred
> > when the size increases.
> 
> Something like bug #1514?
> 

Yeah, I do like that idea. It's not a very high priority for me, but I certainly didn't forget.

Bug #1326

Reported by:
Andrew Conkling
Reported on: 2006-01-12
Last modified on: 2010-11-20

People

Assignee:
Nick Schermer
CC List:
1 user

Version

Attachments

Load icons at dialog size (2.21 KB, patch)
2006-02-19 16:14 CET , Nick Schermer
no flags

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