On Dec 19, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
The reason I choose to do it without the icon in the button is that it look stupid on all other platforms than GNOME. Neither OSX, Windows or KDE normally use icons in buttons.
Are you sure??
I seem to recall a question mark icon in at least some KDE help buttons in dialogs. A "check" icon and "slashed X" were also prevalent.
Yup. I just checked KDE 3.0 screenshots at kde.org, and they're full of happy-happy icons.
http://www.kde.org/screenshots/kde300shots.php
And still all over the place in KDE 3.4 http://www.kde.org/screenshots/kde340shots.php
Ideally icons showing would be controlled by the theme in play, just like with toolbar items. Then on a Windows-ish theme it would appear like Windows (no icon), but on another theme (like a default GNOME or KDE-ish) theme and have icons present.