Toolbar icons: choose a size from the fixed list of predefined sizes
Posted: 2021-03-26, 11:55 UTC
Currently the sizes of toolbar icons (Change button bar > Appearance > Size) can be input arbitrary from 5 to 160. The idea behind this option (allow to use a variable icon scaling) may be not bad itself, but the combination of scaling in the program and display scaling, which is used often nowadays, may significantly distort initial icon look. For example, typical scale is 125% or 150% on 12-14" laptops with HD screen, but Windows allows the variable scaling as well, and improper scaling results in noticeable blur.
An option to input the icon size supposed that a user knows which size may be "good" and which may be not, in other words, a knowledge of TC resources, e.g. why 32 is more preferred than 30 or 35. In my opinion, it would be better to use the fixed list of icon sizes, existing in TC, like we can select the icon sizes on Windows desktop from 3 options even without any knowledge of their pixel dimensions.
So, instead of the field for variable I would suggest to use a drop-down box with fixed sizes according to TC icon resources and, optionally, integer scaling up, like 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 160 (if we have 16, 24, 32 and maybe 48 in resources). This would allow an ordinary user to choose the icon size more easily and with lesser possible distortions.
An option to input the icon size supposed that a user knows which size may be "good" and which may be not, in other words, a knowledge of TC resources, e.g. why 32 is more preferred than 30 or 35. In my opinion, it would be better to use the fixed list of icon sizes, existing in TC, like we can select the icon sizes on Windows desktop from 3 options even without any knowledge of their pixel dimensions.
So, instead of the field for variable I would suggest to use a drop-down box with fixed sizes according to TC icon resources and, optionally, integer scaling up, like 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 160 (if we have 16, 24, 32 and maybe 48 in resources). This would allow an ordinary user to choose the icon size more easily and with lesser possible distortions.