[Phpmyadmin-devel] Icons suggestion for Hide/Unhide tables
Hi, In 4.1, there is a feature to hide and unhide tables from the navi panel. I already mentionned that I find the black X scary (looks like I'm about to delete the table), even if there is a "hide" hint. How about using this "disconnect" icon to replace the black X, and this "connect" icon for the reverse operation? -- Marc Delisle http://infomarc.info
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Hi, In 4.1, there is a feature to hide and unhide tables from the navi panel. I already mentionned that I find the black X scary (looks like I'm about to delete the table), even if there is a "hide" hint.
How about using this "disconnect" icon to replace the black X, and this "connect" icon for the reverse operation?
Connecting and disconnecting might have a strange conotation as well : in practice, the database is not 'disconnected' it is just hidden. How about an icon with a lit and dark lightbulb? Or with an open and a closed eye? I believe these are used in graphical software (like The Gimp) to make layers/objects visisble. -- Kind regards, Dieter Adriaenssens
On Sep 27, 2013, at 7:31 AM, Dieter Adriaenssens <dieter.adriaenssens@gmail.com> wrote:
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Hi, In 4.1, there is a feature to hide and unhide tables from the navi panel. I already mentionned that I find the black X scary (looks like I'm about to delete the table), even if there is a "hide" hint.
How about using this "disconnect" icon to replace the black X, and this "connect" icon for the reverse operation?
Connecting and disconnecting might have a strange conotation as well : in practice, the database is not 'disconnected' it is just hidden.
How about an icon with a lit and dark lightbulb? Or with an open and a closed eye? I believe these are used in graphical software (like The Gimp) to make layers/objects visisble.
Yes, I think a change would be good. I had drafted an eye icon myself some time ago but didn't think the look matched the rest of the icon set and temporarily set my project aside. Perhaps we can approach the icon set designer to see if he would be interested in adding something like the open/closed eye? They eye seems the most logical choice to me.
-- Kind regards,
Dieter Adriaenssens
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Isaac Bennetch a écrit :
On Sep 27, 2013, at 7:31 AM, Dieter Adriaenssens <dieter.adriaenssens@gmail.com> wrote:
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Hi, In 4.1, there is a feature to hide and unhide tables from the navi panel. I already mentionned that I find the black X scary (looks like I'm about to delete the table), even if there is a "hide" hint.
How about using this "disconnect" icon to replace the black X, and this "connect" icon for the reverse operation? Connecting and disconnecting might have a strange conotation as well : in practice, the database is not 'disconnected' it is just hidden.
How about an icon with a lit and dark lightbulb? Or with an open and a closed eye? I believe these are used in graphical software (like The Gimp) to make layers/objects visisble.
Yes, I think a change would be good. I had drafted an eye icon myself some time ago but didn't think the look matched the rest of the icon set and temporarily set my project aside. Perhaps we can approach the icon set designer to see if he would be interested in adding something like the open/closed eye? They eye seems the most logical choice to me.
Hi Isaac, I would agree with you about the eye, but as I said we already use the eye icon from this icon set: in color for tracking active, in b&w for inactive. -- Marc Delisle http://infomarc.info
Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Hi, In 4.1, there is a feature to hide and unhide tables from the navi panel. I already mentionned that I find the black X scary (looks like I'm about to delete the table), even if there is a "hide" hint.
How about using this "disconnect" icon to replace the black X, and this "connect" icon for the reverse operation?
Connecting and disconnecting might have a strange conotation as well : in practice, the database is not 'disconnected' it is just hidden.
How about an icon with a lit and dark lightbulb? Or with an open and a closed eye? I believe these are used in graphical software (like The Gimp) to make layers/objects visisble.
We already use the eyes for tracking. Here are lightbulbs from the same icons set. -- Marc Delisle http://infomarc.info
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Hi, In 4.1, there is a feature to hide and unhide tables from the navi panel. I already mentionned that I find the black X scary (looks like I'm about to delete the table), even if there is a "hide" hint.
How about using this "disconnect" icon to replace the black X, and this "connect" icon for the reverse operation?
Connecting and disconnecting might have a strange conotation as well : in practice, the database is not 'disconnected' it is just hidden.
How about an icon with a lit and dark lightbulb? Or with an open and a closed eye? I believe these are used in graphical software (like The Gimp) to make layers/objects visisble.
We already use the eyes for tracking. Here are lightbulbs from the same icons set.
The light bulb icons look nice, I agree to use them and not the eyes because they are used for the tracking already. -- Kind regards, Dieter Adriaenssens
Le 2013-09-27 15:41, Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info>:
Hi, In 4.1, there is a feature to hide and unhide tables from the navi panel. I already mentionned that I find the black X scary (looks like I'm about to delete the table), even if there is a "hide" hint.
How about using this "disconnect" icon to replace the black X, and this "connect" icon for the reverse operation?
Connecting and disconnecting might have a strange conotation as well : in practice, the database is not 'disconnected' it is just hidden.
How about an icon with a lit and dark lightbulb? Or with an open and a closed eye? I believe these are used in graphical software (like The Gimp) to make layers/objects visisble.
We already use the eyes for tracking. Here are lightbulbs from the same icons set.
The light bulb icons look nice, I agree to use them and not the eyes because they are used for the tracking already.
Done. If a better suggestion comes up, we can always change the icons. -- Marc Delisle http://infomarc.info
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