[icon] redrawn icon pack based on SF Symbols

[kovidgoyal]

Yes as long as the plugin uses the get_icons() function and the icon theme has icons named plugin_name/icon_name.png it should work.

[redbreast]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Yes as long as the plugin uses the get_icons() function and the icon theme has icons named plugin_name/icon_name.png it should work.

It seems not work. I try to modify the icon of a plugin named “Send to Kindle”. I check the original icon is '/Users/xxx/Library/Preferences/calibre/plugins/Send to Kindle/images/icon.png’. In my icon pack, I created a folder named “send_to_kindle” and placed “icon.png” in it. It’s not worked.

Then I installed the theme “Setenove Blue” which is an icon pack has customed the icon of “Kindle Collections” and I also installed this plugin, it’s not worked too. Something went wrong. Is it only work for other platforms? I only tested on macOS for now.

P1: original icon path of the plugin
P2: icon path in this icon theme
P3: get_icons() function in the plugin’s code

[redbreast]

and here’s the plugin’s name.

[kovidgoyal]

The plugin has to do

get_icons('images/icon.png', 'Send To Kindle')

and in your icon theme, there needs to exist the file

Send To Kindle/images/icon.pg


then it will work. From the screenshot you posted, the plugin is using
_(self.name) which will result in a translated version of the plugins name, which could be anything, depending on the users calibre UI language.

[redbreast]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The plugin has to do

get_icons('images/icon.png', 'Send To Kindle')

and in your icon theme, there needs to exist the file

Send To Kindle/images/icon.pg


then it will work. From the screenshot you posted, the plugin is using
_(self.name) which will result in a translated version of the plugins name, which could be anything, depending on the users calibre UI language.

Thanks for the hint. After placing the icon in specific folder named by a specific language -- `plugin_name_in_lang/images/icon.png`, it actually works! And that “Setenove” series icon pack seems made a mistake, it didn’t place the icons in `image` folder, no wonder it didn’t work, in a different way.

[redbreast]

Ah. Another reason that plugin icon doesn’t work is, some developers actually didn’t use the `get_icons()` function, including the “Kindle Collections” plugin that I mentioned above. Seems like they create their own method to get the icon.

I just leave a complain here, please use the `get_icons()` function in plugin development so that theme maker can modify the plugin icons.

[redbreast]

I am doing plugin icons. If you guys have some commonly used plugins want to be fitted in this icon pack, leave a reply here, then I will check if its icon could be customized.

[dunhill]

Excellent icon pack! Congratulations on the work

[redbreast]

Originally Posted by dunhill

Excellent icon pack! Congratulations on the work

Thanks! It’s not the final look, I am still adjusting one or two specific icons and doing several plugin icons. Final version will be posted after next Calibre version, I need its well functioning icon cover generator.

[redbreast]

Originally Posted by redbreast

Unzip and import it in "Preferences - Look & feel - Adjust colors", then you will get the same color setting just like the screenshots above!

I made a little mistake in the previous color setting. Download this new color setting please.

[redbreast]

If you want black choosing-text in light theme, you can still download the first color setting. But I will link to the new color setting, in the final metadata of this icon pack.

[redbreast]

I downloaded the preview version and packed an icon pack with a working icon theme cover! Finally it’s ready for upload. I’ve adjusted some icons and added some new after the first screenshot. Welcome to download and use and tell me if you like it! Like before, I attached some new screenshots below.

[redbreast]

To maintain a consistent visual identity, I've also created an app icon for macOS, which can be used as follows:

1. Copy the library.png (the first attachment), paste it to calibre’s original icon path. (On macOS, /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/resources/images.)

2. Copy the library.png. In Finder, go to /Applications, left click the Calibre.app then press CMD+I. In the pop-up info window, left click the icon on the top, then press CMD+V.

Then you should get the effect like the screenshots.

[fogice]

Originally Posted by redbreast

To maintain a consistent visual identity, I've also created an app icon for macOS, which can be used as follows:

1. Copy the library.png (the first attachment), paste it to calibre’s original icon path. (On macOS, /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/resources/images.)

2. Copy the library.png. In Finder, go to /Applications, left click the Calibre.app then press CMD+I. In the pop-up info window, left click the icon on the top, then press CMD+V.

Then you should get the effect like the screenshots.

Is it still the case that a custom MacOS icon needs to be re-applied after every Calibre update? It would be lovely if this could become the default icon...

[redbreast]

Originally Posted by fogice

Is it still the case that a custom MacOS icon needs to be re-applied after every Calibre update? It would be lovely if this could become the default icon...

I am afraid it needs to be re-applied after update. And here’s a light version I feel better.