[Zope-CMF] Icons for actions

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:05:58 +0100


Tres Seaver wrote:
>>what do you think if we add images to actions ?
>>To implement it we need to handle just another attribute I think, but it 
>>will help a lot to create more interesting and usable UI.
> 
> I think your idea is sound, but I don't want to do it at the level of
> the "action provider";

What problems would that cause?

>  rather, I want to define icons for the
> "abstract" actions.  For instance:
> 
>   - All actions with category == "object" and action ID == "edit" should
>     all get the icon, "quill_pen.png".

How would you define specific icons for specific edit actions using this scheme?

> We have a "portal_actionicons" tool which maintains this mapping.  I
> imagine we could factor it out for inclusion into CMF 1.5 or so.

Is this a proposal or does this currently exist?

cheers,

Chris