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Bug 69772 - Choose better default icons for nodes
Summary: Choose better default icons for nodes
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Nodes (show other bugs)
Version: 5.x
Hardware: All All
: P4 blocker (vote)
Assignee: t_h
URL:
Keywords: UI
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-12-02 18:03 UTC by Jesse Glick
Modified: 2009-12-21 05:06 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Jesse Glick 2005-12-02 18:03:42 UTC 
Currently if you make an AbstractNode and don't specify a particular icon, it
will use a blank "document" icon. This is not a great choice since nodes do not
in general represent "documents", and overuse of this icon dilutes its meaning
of "plain text file".

If you make a BeanNode for an object whose BeanInfo doesn't specify a particular
icon, you get the infamous "kidney bean/half-eaten apple" icon, which looks
bizarre and doesn't contribute anything to the user experience.

Using no icon (i.e. 16x16 blank) just looks bad since it leaves empty space in
the tree. And you cannot omit this space or the tree will display incorrectly if
some nodes *do* have icons.

I would suggest perhaps

projects/projectuiapi/src/org/netbeans/modules/project/uiapi/defaultCategory.gif

as the best choice for a neutral default icon - just a small grey ball. This is
used for the categories shown in a project customizer dialog. It has no
particular visual symbolism, has no bright and distracting color, and just looks
like a bullet point in a list.
Comment 1 Petr Nejedly 2005-12-05 14:47:50 UTC 
Jindro, can you decide on the icon?
Comment 2 Jindrich Dinga 2006-08-09 12:40:00 UTC 
Reassigning to Jano.
Comment 3 Antonin Nebuzelsky 2008-02-08 15:05:11 UTC 
Reassigning to new module owner Tomas Holy.
Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2009-12-21 05:06:12 UTC 
This bug was reported against NetBeans IDE 6.0 or an older release, or against a non-maintained module. NetBeans team does not have enough resources to get to this issue, therefore we are closing the issue as a WONTFIX. If you are interested in providing a patch for this bug, please see our NetFIX guidelines for how to proceed. 

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