Re: [Gimp-developer] Icon sizes required

[Kevin Payne <paynekj hotmail com>]

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> From: Jehan Pagès <jehan marmottard gmail com>
> Sent: 21 February 2016 17:24
> To: Kevin Payne
> Cc: gimp-developer-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Icon sizes required

> Hi,

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Kevin Payne <paynekj hotmail com> wrote:
> But that is partly my point - The original icons are apparently the wrong size, so my question stands: How 
> to determine what sizes are required?

> I had already noticed this discrepancy in our code. We are actually
> requesting for a GTK_ICON_SIZE_BUTTON which is 20x20 in GTK+2
> (interestingly in GTK+3, it is a 16x16). Yet the icons in the legacy
> color icon theme are 22x22 (not 24x24); and since the default
> acceptable "threshold" is 2 pixels, when requesting a 24x24 icons,
> GTK+ gets the available 22x22 tool icons instead.

> I'm not sure icons are actually re-scaled though. I think GTK+ simply
> uses the smaller 22x22 icons as is, instead of the expected 24x24,
> that's all. Not trying forcingly to match expectations. Though I
> actually wondered as well, since if they were in fact rescaled, that
> basically means our default theme had been providing definitely
> not-pixel-perfect all along.

> Jehan

Just to be clear, I'm only referring to the gimp-gravity-* icons when I say they are 24x24

As for scaling - in 2.8, I agree that scaling doesn't take place and that icons are used the size they are 
provided at, which is where the problem in this bug comes in: 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739469

However in 2.9, using the icon theme mechanism, if an icon isn't provided at the required size (+/- the 
tolerance, thanks I didn't know about that) then scaling of a different size is performed: 
http://imgur.com/98D3SLA

And the size of the GTK named sizes is still controlled by the theme (until the change to GTK3):
gtk-icon-sizes = "panel-menu=10,10 : panel=10,10 : gtk-button=20,20 : gtk-large-toolbar=24,24 : 
gtk-menu=16,16 : gtk-small-toolbar=18,18 : gtk-dnd=32,32 : gtk-dialog=48,48"
So it's outside the control of the creator of the icon theme.

At this point I think I might have to give up on the idea of pixel aligned icons as it looks like the icon 
theme mechanism is creating an unmanageable mess, which is a pity because it's a nice idea.

Kevin