[Phpmyadmin-devel] Icons suggestion for Hide/Unhide tables

Marc Delisle marc at infomarc.info
Fri Sep 27 14:01:59 CEST 2013


Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
> 2013/9/27 Marc Delisle <marc at 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
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