Projects/Oxygen/namingSpec/actions
Only partially ready for consumption. We already found out about which Oxygen icons already conform to the spec, but the ones that don't conform are not yet listed in here, and there's not yet a plan at the moment on how to proceed with those.
Specification compliance of icon names
Icon names without notes already exist in the freedesktop.org icon naming specification.
about-kde -> help-about-kde **
add-user -> list-add-user **
application-exit OK
ark-adddir -> list-add-directory-archive **
ark-addfile -> list-add-file-archive **
ark-delete -> list-remove-file-archive **
centrejust -> svn rm,
there's already text-center
compfile -> run-build-file **
delete-user -> list-remove-user **
dialog-apply -> dialog-ok
dialog-cancel OK
dialog-close OK
document-new OK (or "new-document", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
document-open OK (or "open", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
document-open-recent OK (or "open-recent", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
document-print OK
document-print-preview OK
document-properties OK
document-revert OK
document-save OK (or "save", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
document-save-as OK (or "save-as", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
edit OK *
editshred -> edit-delete-shred **
edit-add OK *
edit-clear OK (Note: Only in CVS,
not yet in 0.8 of the spec.)
edit-copy OK
edit-cut OK
edit-delete OK *
edit-find OK
edit-paste OK
edit-redo OK
edit-undo OK
edit-user OK **
(In case "edit" is approved.)
folder-new OK (or "new-folder", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
format-indent-less OK
format-indent-more OK
format-justify-fill OK
format-text-bold OK
format-text-italic OK
format-text-strikethrough OK
format-text-underline OK
go-bottom OK
go-down OK
go-first OK
go-home OK
goto-page -> go-jump
go-last OK
go-next OK
go-previous OK
go-top OK
go-up OK
help-contents OK
help-whatsthis -> help-contextual *
identity -> contact-new
(maybe add a "new" sparkle?)
list-add OK
list-remove OK
mail-delete -> edit-delete-mail
mail-forward OK
mail-get -> mail-receive *
mail-ham -> mail-mark-notjunk
mail-message-new OK (or "new-message-mail", wait for
the outcome of the discussion)
mail-new -> svn rm,
in favor of mail-message-new
mail-reply-all OK
mail-reply-sender OK with the current spec, but in
order to enable mail-reply-list,
we rather want this to be
mail-reply.
mail-replylist -> mail-reply-list ** (see above)
mail-send OK
make-kdevelop -> run-build **
media-eject OK
media-playback-pause OK
media-playback-start OK
media-playback-stop OK
media-playlist-clear -> edit-clear-playlist **
media-playlist-refresh -> view-refresh-playlist **
media-record OK
media-seek-backward OK
media-seek-forward OK
media-skip-backward OK
media-skip-forward OK
newfont -> list-add-font
object-rotate-left OK
object-rotate-right OK
process-stop OK (Note: Only in CVS,
not yet in 0.8 of the spec.)
save-all -> document-save-all *
(or save-all *, wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
switchuser -> system-switch-user *
system-lock-screen OK
system-log-out OK
system-run OK (or "run", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
system-search OK (suggest to rename to
system-find, for consistency)
tab-breakoff -> tab-detach *
tab-duplicate OK *
tab-new -> tab-new-background **
tab-new-raised -> tab-new *
tab-remove -> tab-close *
(in accordance to window-close)
text-center -> format-justify-center
text-left -> format-justify-left
text-right -> format-justify-right
tools-check-spelling OK
viewmag1 -> zoom-original
view-fullscreen OK
view-refresh OK
view-restore OK
window-close OK (or "close-window", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
window-new OK (or "new-window", wait for the
outcome of the discussion)
zoom-original -> svn rm, or zoom *
zoom-best-fit -> zoom-fit-best
zoom-in OK
zoom-out OK
* suggesting this for inclusion into the icon naming specification
** not in the spec, but let's keep it out of there anyways,
it's not really suited to be a standard icon
To do for Oxygen
Icons that are in the spec, but not yet in Oxygen's actions/ (after renaming) so they need to be added. Descriptions taken from the specification
address-book-new
The icon used for the action to create a new address book.
(or "new-address-book", depending on the outcome
of the discussion.)
appointment-new
The icon used for the action to create a new appointment
in a calendaring application. (or "new-appointment",
depending on the outcome of the discussion)
document-page-setup
The icon for the page setup action of a document editor.
edit-find-replace
The icon for the find and replace action.
edit-select-all
The icon for the select all action.
format-text-direction-ltr
The icon for the left-to-right text formatting action.
format-text-direction-rtl
The icon for the right-to-left formatting action.
help-about
The icon for the About item in the Help menu.
(Editor's note: not used in KDE, probably a copy of
the "(i)" icon is sufficient.)
help-faq
The icon for the FAQ item in the Help menu.
(Editor's note: not used in KDE either, at the moment.)
insert-image
The icon for the insert image action of an application.
insert-link
The icon for the insert link action of an application.
insert-object
The icon for the insert object action of an application.
insert-text
The icon for the insert text action of an application.
mail-mark-important
The icon for the mark as important action of an
electronic mail application.
mail-mark-junk
The icon for the mark as junk action of an
electronic mail application.
mail-mark-read
The icon for the mark as read action of an
electronic mail application.
mail-mark-unread
The icon for the mark as unread action of an
electronic mail application.
mail-send-receive
The icon for the send and receive action of an
electronic mail application.
object-flip-horizontal
The icon for the action to flip an object horizontally.
object-flip-vertical
The icon for the action to flip an object vertically.
view-sort-ascending
The icon used for the "Sort Ascending" item in the
application's "View" menu, or in a button for
changing the sort method for a list.
view-sort-descending
The icon used for the "Sort Descending" item in the
application's "View" menu, or in a button for
changing the sort method for a list.
To do for Oxygen *and* the spec
Icons that are neither in the spec nor in Oxygen but should be added to both.
insert-table The icon for the insert table action of an application.
Summary of the suggested changes and additions
The ones marked with * and should therefore go into the icon naming specification, presented here in a shorter list for a better overview. Including a suggested short description text like needed for inclusion in the spec.
edit
The icon for the generic edit action.
(Rationale: There are a lot of things that need to be edited:
bookmarks, contacts, todos, away messages, fill/stroke colors,
app specific item properties of any kind, ...
There should be a generic edit icon as a common ground
and fallback for these use cases.)
help-contextual
The icon for the contextual help / "What's this" icon
in the Help menu.
insert-table
The icon for the insert table action of an application.
mail-receive
The icon for the receive action of an electronic mail application.
mail-reply-sender -> mail-reply
(Rationale: In order to support more reply methods than
the expected ones. KMail, at least, has "Reply" as
"intelligent reply" - automatically do the right thing -
and also "Reply to all", "Reply to author" and
"Reply to mailing list". The latter is not in the spec,
and doesn't need to be, but in order to enable
mail-reply-list, we need a mail-reply fallback.)
system-switch-user
The icon used for the "Switch User" item in the
desktop's panel application.
system-search -> system-find
The icon used for the "Find Files/Folders" item in the
desktop's panel application.
(Rationale: For consistency - edit-find also uses Find,
and there's no good reason to use Search here.)
tab-detach
The icon used for the "Detach Tab" action.
tab-duplicate
The icon used for the "Duplicate Tab" action.
tab-new (or possibly new-tab, see below)
tab-remove (or possibly close-tab, see below)
zoom-fit-height
The icon used for the "Zoom to Height" item
in the application's "View" menu.
zoom-fit-width
The icon used for the "Zoom to Width" item
in the application's "View" menu.
zoom-fit-best (instead of zoom-best-fit)
And now for the radical stuff:
new
The icon for the create action.
(Rationale: Right now, the spec has quite a number of *-new
icons, but is totally unflexible when it comes to adding
other stuff that can be created. I propose edit-create as a
basis and fallback for all "new" icons, regardless if they
create documents, mails, podcasts, windows, menu entries in
the start menu editor, classes and functions in integrated
development environments, whatever. If this icon is there,
every app and KDE core library can have "new" items while
staying specification compliant.)
(Consequences for existing icons in the spec:
address-book-new -> new-address-book
appointment-new -> new-appointment
contact-new -> new-contact
document-new -> new-document
folder-new -> new-folder
mail-message-new -> new-message-mail
window-new -> new-window)
Of course, doing that breaks the current namespacing scheme of the spec's actions category, as for example document-new is ripped apart from the other document icons. I think this is ok for actions that are not solely specific to documents/windows/dialogs, because it is important for extensibility, hence the idea of fallbacks.
Consequently, there should be at least one more "generalization":
close
The icon for the close action.
(Consequences for existing icons in the spec:
dialog-close -> close-dialog
window-close -> close-window)
(Opens up opportunities for:
close-document
close-tab
close-project)