Icon nearly invisible when minimize to tray

sklain · Post by **sklain** » 10 Mar 2006 06:07

I love the minimize to tray feature and the subsequently added small right-button context button. But when minimizing to tray, XY's icon changes from a legible orange to a virtually invisible light yellow color (which makies the "XY" virtually illegible). Could this be changed -- maybe darkening the tray icon somewhat or adding small black stripes to the light yellow color or whatever?

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 10 Mar 2006 06:42

Never tried/noticed this until reading this post...but I see the same thing...it's very light and washed out...the icon on main title bar when maximized seems much darker..(and is right size)...even darker than what shows in taskbar...

Gandolf · Post by **Gandolf** » 10 Mar 2006 08:10

This has been noted before, I have no problem with the tray icon on XP.

Post by **admin** » 10 Mar 2006 09:07

Gandolf wrote:This has been noted before, I have no problem with the tray icon on XP.

Yes, here: http://www.xyplorer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=481

The cause of the problem was never determined.

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 10 Mar 2006 09:46

FYI: I'm running W2K...and as noted, the icon showing in tab in taskbar with pgm name is fine..just not when in tray...

I looked at the other thread...so...I have True color 24 bit active...plus "show icons using all possible colors" is on...

Post by **admin** » 10 Mar 2006 10:12

j_c_hallgren wrote:FYI: I'm running W2K...and as noted, the icon showing in tab in taskbar with pgm name is fine..just not when in tray...

I looked at the other thread...so...I have True color 24 bit active...plus "show icons using all possible colors" is on...

Something is wrong with your tray. Or is XY's Icon the only one that looks weird?

Post by **admin** » 10 Mar 2006 14:52

The next version will have a 24-bit icon instead of a 16-bit. Maybe it helps.

EDIT: I meant instead of a 8-bit!

sklain · Post by **sklain** » 11 Mar 2006 08:07

admin wrote:The next version will have a 24-bit icon instead of a 16-bit. Maybe it helps.

Perhaps the XY icon's near invisibility in the tray has more to do with the particular background color of each user's system? My tray's background is W2000's classic grey, which evidently doesn't have adequate contrast for the XY tray icon's washed-out yellow. An easy solution could be to simply darken the icon's color a bit.

Post by **admin** » 11 Mar 2006 09:11

sklain wrote:
admin wrote:The next version will have a 24-bit icon instead of a 16-bit. Maybe it helps.
Perhaps the XY icon's near invisibility in the tray has more to do with the particular background color of each user's system? My tray's background is W2000's classic grey, which evidently doesn't have adequate contrast for the XY tray icon's washed-out yellow. An easy solution could be to simply darken the icon's color a bit.

The orange should be FF9900 (RRGGBB); well just identical to the icon of the app's main window.
Maybe someone could send me a screenshot of that "invisible yellow"?

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 11 Mar 2006 09:25

I just sent you one via my JCH Yahoo email...easier to do that than upload for linking here..

I have 2 XY's running...one minimized and one active so you can see all three icons: title + taskbar + tray

Notice the difference?

Post by **admin** » 11 Mar 2006 09:41

j_c_hallgren wrote:I just sent you one via my JCH Yahoo email...easier to do that than upload for linking here..

I have 2 XY's running...one minimized and one active so you can see all three icons: title + taskbar + tray

Notice the difference?

Yep, it appears your tray supports just 4-bit (16 colors)! There's no way to have a nice orange in 4-bit, so: aaarghh!

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 11 Mar 2006 09:47

I just sent another shot...seems that ZoneAlarm icon is likewise affected but not as badly...since they use a red/orange/yellow scheme...

sklain · Post by **sklain** » 11 Mar 2006 10:27

admin wrote:
j_c_hallgren wrote:I just sent you one via my JCH Yahoo email...easier to do that than upload for linking here..

I have 2 XY's running...one minimized and one active so you can see all three icons: title + taskbar + tray

Notice the difference?
Yep, it appears your tray supports just 4-bit (16 colors)! There's no way to have a nice orange in 4-bit, so: aaarghh!

Could you maybe add a few tiny parallel black stripes to the icon, which would thereby automatically darken it somewhat when it went to the tray?

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 11 Mar 2006 15:46

Dumb question: Is the icon used for tray required to be exact same one that is used for title and/or taskbar? Or can you specify a different one?

Post by **admin** » 11 Mar 2006 16:19

j_c_hallgren wrote:Dumb question: Is the icon used for tray required to be exact same one that is used for title and/or taskbar? Or can you specify a different one?

Can specify different. Already making one...