#20597: Replace admin icons images by inline SVG
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Reporter: loic84 | Owner: anonymous
Type: | Status: assigned
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: contrib.admin | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 1
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Comment (by elky):
Despite all advantages of inline SVG it is pretty complex solution to
implement and support in Django admin.
1. SVG is pretty big to insert in markup (include tag for each icon as a
solution?)
2. We can use simple <img> with SVG as a source but this approach is weak
- we can't change SVG color in this case. So we'll have to serve already
colorized SVG files (not flexible solution). There is
[[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11978995/how-to-change-color-of-svg-
image-using-css-jquery-svg-image-replacement|JS solution]] to replace img
with inline SVG but I'm not really sure that it's good practice.
3. There are many places where icons render in JS (widgets) - I don't see
any not ugly solution to add inline SVG into it. Using div element with
SVG as a background is a weak solution too - no way to colorize it (CSS3
mask has [[http://caniuse.com/#search=mask-image|poor browser support]])
4. 20+ additional server requests
5. Support. Contributors will have to add (and draw?) new icons manually
which brakes development process.
I vote for font icons (like Font Awesome).
[[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-
developers/HJAikaEBqJ4/UsvIjs_QCgAJ|See discussion]] in django-developers.
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