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Re: [ui-best-practices-working-group] [platform-ui-dev] Icons in Eclipse Neon still small for people with visual problems

Hi Daniel,

Thank you so much for your reply.
I'm happy to hear that the Oxygen release will have better scaling.
You mention that " Another option would be for interested parties to provide bigger icons. The framework will pick them up if installed." What do you mean by this? I would be happy to contribute if possible. But I'm still a newbie to the eclipse source code.

I've run a custom build of the Eclipse IDE source code (git repository) on my computer. Just before doing the build, I activate a batch script that takes all the .png, .jpg, .bmp and .ico files from the eclipse source folders and stretches them out. It works for some, but not all icons. Please have a look at my StackOverflow question. I really hope you can help me out:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37929996/building-eclipse-ide-from-scratch-making-bigger-icons-sometimes-successful

Thank you so much.

Kind regards,

Kristof


From: "Daniel Megert" <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Eclipse Platform UI component developers list." <platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: ui-best-practices-working-group@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 3:10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [ui-best-practices-working-group] [platform-ui-dev] Icons in        Eclipse Neon still small for people with        visual problems

Hi Kristof

We're working on scaling for the Oxygen release. Another option would be for interested parties to provide bigger icons. The framework will pick them up if installed.

Dani



From:        kristof.mulier@xxxxxxxxxx
To:        ui-best-practices-working-group@xxxxxxxxxxx, platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:        22.06.2016 13:04
Subject:        [platform-ui-dev] Icons in Eclipse Neon still small for people with        visual problems
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Dear Eclipse developers,

I noticed that the icon size has improved from 16x16 pixels to 32x32 pixels in the newest Neon release. This is a huge step, and a relief for people with visual impairments and people working on a 4K display. Nevertheless, 32x32 pixels is still too small for many users. I have invested quite a lot of time to solve the issue myself. Please refer to these StackOverflow question to see the details:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37929996/building-eclipse-ide-from-scratch-making-bigger-icons-sometimes-successful

Are there any plans to make it possible to stretch the icons from 32x32 pixels to larger sizes (perhaps 64x64 or even 128x128 pixels)? Will it be possible to stretch the icon size manually in Eclipse - through some menu - instead of relying on the dpi-settings of the display? Developing code should not be a privilege for those with sharp eyesight - it should be accessible to all.

Thank you very much for your time. All help is very much appreciated.

Kind greetings,

Kristof Mulier_______________________________________________
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