[Breeze] [Bug 399968] Suggestion on improving selection markers emblems' visual consistency

[Noah Davis]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399968

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--- Comment #2 from Noah Davis <noahadvs at gmail.com> ---
Hello, I am currently doing work related to your request (improving the
consistency and visibility of emblems), so I will see if I can make this work.

(In reply to Tyson Tan from comment #0)
> 1) A Square Plus selection marker:
> Right now the "Plus" (+) selection marker in Dolphin is round. It creates
> visual inconsistency because almost everything else including the "Minus"
> [-] icon is sharp and rectangle. It really stands out right now as a green
> round icon and doesn't match anything else there.

I will definitely do this.

> 2) Do not highlight selection markers with colors:
> Right now the (+) icon turns green and the [-] icon turns red when cursor is
> over them. Again this creates visual inconsistency because KDE's visual
> style is very grey-white-oriented and low-key-elegant. The green and red
> used here are way too intense and they stand out in a bad way. 

I know it's not your point, but green and red are the real colors of those
icons. They go semi-transparent when the mouse isn't over them and I think they
lose their color as well.

> Although they serve their functions, I think we can either: 
> a) Turn it down a notch so they look greyish-green/red

I'll experiment with that and changing the opacity of the background to make
the colors have more light or dark grey based on the color scheme.

> b) Use blue instead of green, use orange-yellow instead of red

Blue instead of green might make sense, but I'm not so sure about orange/yellow
since those colors are usually used for warnings and user input.

> c) Use only transparency difference as over hints

I'm not sure what this means.

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