Organization of the icons/ directory

DIRECTORY distabled enabled Other Banner Size Placement
local toolbar dlcl16/ elcl16/     16x16 left & top clear
toolbar dtool16/ etool16/     16x16 left & top clear
view dview16/ eview16/     16x16 left & bottom clear
model object     obj16/   16x16 centered, bottom clear
overlay     ovr16/   7x8 one pixel white outline
wizard banner       wizban/ 55x45 bottom left on blue gradient
             
PALETTE color grayscale color color    

*perspective & fastview icons require the right, and bottom edges to be clear.

Icon Types

TYPE type description
local toolbar lcl found on the far right of the title area of a view
toolbar tool used in cascading menus, and the global toolbar
view view found in the top, left corner of a new view
model object obj used in the tree, list, properties views, and editor tabs
overlay ovr placed on top of model object to indicate a change
wizard banner wizban used in wizard dialog windows

Filename Conventions

FILENAME SUFFIX lcl tool view obj ovr wizban
invoke a wizard, or graphics in a wizard   _wiz       _wiz
invoke executable file   _exec        
in an editor view   _edit        
in a navigator view _nav _nav _nav      
do not fit into a category _misc   _misc      
represent tasks that user can do _tsk   _tsk _tsk _tsk  
toggles the working mode of the view _mode          
found in a menu _menu          
found in a property sheet _ps   _ps      
used in the tree, list, or property view       _obj    
model object icons on object palettes       _pal    
commands that engage the system _co _co        
Differences from Eclipse 2.1 User Interface Guidelines

The original 2.1 guidelines provided two additional directories clcl & ctool which allowed a full color palette, the enabled and disabled icons were restricted to 8 and 2 colors respectively. This restriction seems to be relaxed in the recent eclipse 3.0 product.

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