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  1. NetBeans
  2. NETBEANS-2617

Redraw common icons in SVG

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 11.0
    • None
    • platform - Other

    • Windows, Linux, and MacOS

    Description

      Once NETBEANS-2604 is done, we should start replacing commonly seen NetBeans icons with SVG versions, for improved appearance on Retina/HiDPI displays.

      UPDATE: Progress is now tracked per these instructions in the netbeans-tools repository

      With some practice, it takes on average 30 minutes to create an SVG version of a typical icon in Adobe Illustrator. See the attached illustration and Illustrator template. The Illustrator template includes a few icons which have already been converted.

      In NETBEANS-2605, a prioritized list of icons to convert was produced (now migrated to the Google Sheet above). By redrawing the most commonly seen icons first, we can get the greatest "bang for the buck" in terms of improving NetBeans' appearance on HiDPI displays. Once we have a batch of icons ready to integrate into the NetBeans repository, Eirik will redo the duplicate detection and ensure the SVGs end up in all relevant locations, and start creating pull requests.

      See also the overview page for HiDPI improvements on https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/HiDPI+%28Retina%29+improvements .

      The style guide and process notes has been moved to this confluence page.

      Attachments

        1. style example (dark filter).png
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          Eirik Bakke
        2. style example.png
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          Eirik Bakke
        3. ScreenshotExample.png
          721 kB
          Eirik Bakke
        4. netbeans_icons_illustrator_template.ai
          231 kB
          Eirik Bakke
        5. image-2022-01-19-14-41-29-967.png
          165 kB
          Jean-Marc Borer
        6. ide.seperator.breadcrumbs.ai
          182 kB
          Pete Whelpton
        7. ide.editor.macros.ai
          174 kB
          Pete Whelpton
        8. ide.editor.bookmarks.ai
          242 kB
          Pete Whelpton
        9. 220101 Updated Dark Filter Test.png
          303 kB
          Eirik Bakke
        10. 211228 Consolidated Icons.ai
          1015 kB
          Eirik Bakke
        11. 210604 Icons Overview Cropped.png
          101 kB
          Eirik Bakke

        Issue Links

          Dependent

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. NETBEANS-2360 HiDPI scaling (and anti-aliasing on KDE) not applied automatically on Linux

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Resolved

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. NETBEANS-3468 Make HiDPI (Retina) icons work in MacOS menu bar

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Resolved
          incorporates

          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue NETBEANS-2727 Resolve old images for Profiling in main toolbar

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. NETBEANS-5658 Add remaining SVG icons in editor toolbar

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Resolved

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. NETBEANS-4830 Redraw common icons in SVG: First Batch

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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