[digikam] [Bug 340186] New: Wallet icon for grouped photos is conceptually confusing

[Dmitri Popov-3]

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            Bug ID: 340186
           Summary: Wallet icon for grouped photos is conceptually
                    confusing
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Albums GUI
          Assignee: [hidden email]
          Reporter: [hidden email]

Using the wallet icon for grouped photos seems like a poor choice for several
reasons. Firstly, it's conceptually incorrect: photos are not put in wallet,
they are grouped. Secondly, it's confusing: the wallet icon belongs to
financial applications, so it's strange to see it in digiKam.

I think it would make more sense to either return to original icon or replace
the wallet icon with something more appropriate (like a stack icon).

Reproducible: Always

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[Gilles Caulier-4]

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--- Comment #1 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
Well, please look in Oxygen icon set to see if you fion a better one.

The reason to use Wallet icon is to improve visibility (another closed report).
The previous one wasn't really visible.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Wallet icon for grouped     |GROUP : Wallet icon for
                   |photos is conceptually      |grouped photos is
                   |confusing                   |conceptually confusing

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            Version|unspecified                 |4.5.0

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[Dmitri Popov-3]

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--- Comment #2 from Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> ---
How about a folder icon like this one:
http://www.iconarchive.com/show/oxygen-icons-by-oxygen-icons.org/Places-folder-orange-icon.html

Another possibility is the emblem icon:
http://www.iconarchive.com/show/oxygen-icons-by-oxygen-icons.org/Emblems-emblem-new-icon.html
It's bright and visible and generic enough, so it won't be confusing.

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--- Comment #3 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
Emblem icon is to near Rating icon.

Orange icon exist in Oxygen. Look into your distro like :

/usr/share/icons/oxygen/32x32/places/

You must have a file named folder-orange.png

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--- Comment #4 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
Perhaps folder-tar.png Oxygen icon is more appropriate ?

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--- Comment #5 from Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> ---
folder-tar.png is a good choice.

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--- Comment #6 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
This is another problem.

Code need 2 icons : one indicating group not expanded (closed), and one
indicating group expanded (open as all grouped items are visible on icon-view).

Look code here :

https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/libs/widgets/itemview/itemviewimagedelegate.cpp#L531

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--- Comment #7 from Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> ---
I see. What about folder-documents.png when the group is not expanded (closed)
and folder-blue.png when the group is expanded?

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--- Comment #8 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
folder-documents.png can be not blue if icons them is different than Oxygen.

There are folder-open.png to replace folder-blue.png, but the difference is not
too much visible with folder-documents.png with Oxygen theme.

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--- Comment #9 from Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> ---
What do you think about image-stack.png (closed group) and image-stack-open.png
(expanded group)?

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--- Comment #10 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
These icons have good contents but not too much visible : there is too much
transparency here...

We need a background for these icon to improve visibility

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--- Comment #11 from Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> ---
If it's possible to add a background to the icons, then I'm all for it. :-)
Otherwise, I guess the wallet icon are the only sensible solution. In any case,
thank you, Gilles, for following up on this issue!

Best,
Dmitri

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--- Comment #12 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
We can add a background. The question is which one ?

Technically, we can merge 2 icon together.

A solid color ? Not too elegant.
Another icon ? Which one ?

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--- Comment #13 from Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> ---
I'm not a graphic designer, but I could try to make a few mockups.

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--- Comment #14 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
Created attachment 89229
  --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=89229&action=edit
image-stack group icon rendering

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--- Comment #15 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
Also, we need to take a care about digiKam color theme used. Try a black based
theme for example, and look if icon still well visible.

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--- Comment #16 from Dmitri Popov <[hidden email]> ---
I actually think that the icons in the attached mockup look okay. Is it
possible to display numbers under the icons?

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--- Comment #17 from Gilles Caulier <[hidden email]> ---
The items number into the stack is already displayed over the icon. There is
not too much space to place number on top/bottom/left/right corner of icon.

Gilles

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