Part Common operation has an icon that is hard to see if it is hidden or not

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Part Common operation has an icon that is hard to see if it is hidden or not

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Hi,

I am having a hard time detecting which of those Common objects are hidden and which are not.

The only thing I can see is the blue of this icon getting gray at the center. But this is such a small change that I barely see it coming close to the screen.

What do you guys think about improving this to make it better to see if it is hidden or not?

Maybe having the white darker a bit would be enough? Or maybe having an X on top of the shape? Or maybe another collum with an eye open/closed like gimp implements this?
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Re: Part Common operation has an icon that is hard to see if it is hidden or not

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@realthunder how hard is it to port the feature from your branch with the eye buttons for the visibility?
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Re: Part Common operation has an icon that is hard to see if it is hidden or not

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I'm not a big fan of another column in the tree. Even if it is not much: on small screens real estate is too precious for this which could likewise be handled with different colouring.
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Re: Part Common operation has an icon that is hard to see if it is hidden or not

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The current columns, "Labels & Attributes" and "Description" already take up the whole space available since they adjust the size with the content automatically (this is kind of bad too)
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Re: Part Common operation has an icon that is hard to see if it is hidden or not

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it's not a separate column, it's like having two icons instead of just one, it could be made optional if desired. An additional advantage of this feature is that it allows controlling visibility with just the mouse.
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I found this on Google, sharing it here to exemplify.
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Re: Part Common operation has an icon that is hard to see if it is hidden or not

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adrianinsaval wrote: Fri Mar 17, 2023 8:46 pm how hard is it to port the feature from your branch with the eye buttons for the visibility?
This is a pointer : https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/ ... 5d85ea64da
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