Size of icons/buttons

jesscat · 07-18-2010, 12:09 PM

Okay, I feel like an idiot, but... I just updated to 0.7.9, and suddenly the buttons (Add Books, Edit Metadata) are all huge again, and for the life of me I cannot find where I select the size. I could have sworn it was in Preferences/Interface, but I must be blind or stupid, because I just don't see it there. What am I missing? Can someone help?

I really can't stand them being this large - especially these new ones, which, I hate to say, I find incredibly...not so much ugly individually as unattractive/inconsistent as a group, and also confusing (e.g., the recycling symbol for Remove Books, and the search magnifying glass symbol for View), and I prefer to keep them as small as possible so I can just focus on the text beneath them. I just can't figure out how!

kovidgoyal · 07-18-2010, 12:10 PM

You can't reduce their size anymore. The reason is that the location bar and toolbar have been combined into one.

And incidentally, the old icons also had a magnifying glass for view.

kovidgoyal · 07-18-2010, 12:19 PM

Oh and I forgot to mention that controlling the toolbar size will be restored in the next release (I just didn't have time to re-implement it for 0.7.9)

jesscat · 07-18-2010, 12:36 PM

At least I wasn't missing something - and I'm glad to hear that it will be restored; I like having that flexibility. Thanks for letting me know.

I decided to post my comments about the look of the icons in the thread devoted to that issue, though it's an older one, rather than getting off-topic here!

riverteeth · 07-21-2010, 12:52 AM

I agree. I'm all for being able to reduce the size of the icons. Screen real-estate is at a primium on my laptop!

Lady Fitzgerald · 07-21-2010, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riverteeth

I agree. I'm all for being able to reduce the size of the icons. Screen real-estate is at a primium on my laptop!

Try it on a netbook!

07-18-2010, 12:09 PM	#1
jesscat Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 354 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: US Device: iPad mini	Size of icons/buttons Okay, I feel like an idiot, but... I just updated to 0.7.9, and suddenly the buttons (Add Books, Edit Metadata) are all huge again, and for the life of me I cannot find where I select the size. I could have sworn it was in Preferences/Interface, but I must be blind or stupid, because I just don't see it there. What am I missing? Can someone help? I really can't stand them being this large - especially these new ones, which, I hate to say, I find incredibly...not so much ugly individually as unattractive/inconsistent as a group, and also confusing (e.g., the recycling symbol for Remove Books, and the search magnifying glass symbol for View), and I prefer to keep them as small as possible so I can just focus on the text beneath them. I just can't figure out how!

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07-18-2010, 12:10 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can't reduce their size anymore. The reason is that the location bar and toolbar have been combined into one. And incidentally, the old icons also had a magnifying glass for view.

07-18-2010, 12:19 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Oh and I forgot to mention that controlling the toolbar size will be restored in the next release (I just didn't have time to re-implement it for 0.7.9)

07-18-2010, 12:36 PM	#4
jesscat Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 354 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: US Device: iPad mini	At least I wasn't missing something - and I'm glad to hear that it will be restored; I like having that flexibility. Thanks for letting me know. I decided to post my comments about the look of the icons in the thread devoted to that issue, though it's an older one, rather than getting off-topic here!

07-21-2010, 12:52 AM	#5
riverteeth Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 18 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPhone	I agree. I'm all for being able to reduce the size of the icons. Screen real-estate is at a primium on my laptop!