[Sugar-devel] icons for paragraph toolbar

[Frederick Grose]

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:

> ...
>>
>> The insert and delete row/column icons have arrows that suggest the
>> movement of the surrounding data rather than the selected object (row or
>> column), which would be highlighted. Please consider following that
>> convention to show the action on the selected object, similar to the
>> attached (rows & column.PNG).
>>
>
> Just to be clear. So it's not so much the use of arrows, but that the
> specific object affected (a row, a column) is not highlighted clearly in the
> icons?
>

With 2 tones of gray, light and dark, (over the black background and white
outline), I have trouble instantly identifying which is the highlight. In
the delete case, if there is a highlight, it would seem to be the outer
elements, so that suggests the darker gray is the highlight.
     I may be confused because the row or column that I highlighted in the
sheet usually takes on a darker shade, while the center row or column in the
icon is lighter.
     It requires me a lot of thought to work out a logic that overcomes what
appears to be a dissonance between the subject and action of the arrow and
my perception of the intended action.

Thanks again Gary, hope that helps,          --Fred
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