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Bug 704721 - CSS Progress Spinner Improvements
CSS Progress Spinner Improvements
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: .General
3.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-07-23 00:05 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2014-01-23 10:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.7/3.8

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2013-07-23 00:05 UTC, Allan Day 		Details

Description Allan Day 2013-07-23 00:05:43 UTC 
Created attachment 249851 [details]
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There are quite a few issues with the current GTK+ CSS progress spinner:

 * Inconsistency of size - every usage seems to vary slightly.
 * It doesn’t look good at large sizes - the dots look too big.
 * In terms of style it looks a bit busy.

Jakub’s prefered approach is to use a spinner in this size:

http://jimmac.fedorapeople.org/gnome3/spinner/

This should be available in a series of preset sizes similar to how we do icons:

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/theming/experiments/spinner.png

We need to be able to change the color.
Comment 1 Allan Day 2013-10-03 13:37:40 UTC 
s/a spinner in this size/a spinner in this style
Comment 2 Allan Day 2014-01-16 22:00:27 UTC 
Jakub has pointed out that the spinner shouldn't be allowed to get all that big - he suggested a maximum size of 32x32px. In the mockup I've suggested three sizes for spinners:

 * 16x16
 * 32x32
 * 48x48

This might need further discussion.
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2014-01-17 01:42:12 UTC 
The current GtkSpinner code limits the spinner size to 32x32
Comment 4 Allan Day 2014-01-17 09:55:34 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> The current GtkSpinner code limits the spinner size to 32x32

Ah ha! Very good. That actually resolves most of the issues behind this bug report.
Comment 5 Allan Day 2014-01-23 10:23:15 UTC 
I'm going to close this, since the worst issues from the bug report have been fixed. We can use a different bug if we want to use a different style for the spinner.