D15866: Reduce emblem size for very small icons to prevent obscuring too much of the icon

[Nathaniel Graham]

ngraham added a comment.


  Hmm, that would only make sense for small icons. If we implement it for small icons but keep the overlay style for larger icons, then there will be an odd change if and when the size is increased, and the label will jump horizontally. Also, since this patch is for `KIconLoader`, it would affect more than just Dolphin's Places panel; such a change would also affect list views in Dolphin and the file dialogs when using small icons. Not sure that would be a good idea.
  
  I wonder if maybe we should redesign the emblems that currently have a white symbol inside a colored background shape so that their 8x8 versions are just a colored symbol with no background shape. The idea would be to remove both some of the visual complexity that can get lost at small sizes and also the large background that obscures so much of the icon.
  
  If we do that, for the smallest icons it might be feasible to keep the emblem sized at 8x8 because they would be more visually clear and obscure less of the icon.
  
  Thoughts?

REPOSITORY
  R302 KIconThemes

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phabricator.kde.org/D15866

To: ngraham, #frameworks, #dolphin, #vdg
Cc: broulik, ndavis, kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh, ngraham, bruns
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