Posted by luko on Aug 23, 2020; 4:03pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/ICONS-FOR-V3-tp5719105p5719464.html

Thanks for the improvements to the icon set! I would like to suggest another change to the snap icons.

The current version of snap center and middle represent the same line and circle, and the very subtle difference is only the position of one green dot. When the two green dots are close, it is middle, when the two dots are far, it is center. I find this confusing and because there is no mnemonic that can be associated to that, I need to observe both and think for a whole second before I can tell which icon to click.

I would suggest to keep only the curved line for center, and the straight line for middle. See the image  top row is the current version, the bottom row is a modified version (just a bitmap screenshot edit), with fewer but more clear visual clues.



I believe the original version intended to cover edge cases where straight lines have a "center", and circles a "middle", but I think the ability to identify which is which at first glance, and therefore create a mnemonic, is more important than including all the edge cases in a single icon.