patches: Show special icon for proxy roled script on Zope4

product/ERP5Type/patches/PythonScript.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from OFS.misc_ import p_
 from App.ImageFile import ImageFile
 from Acquisition import aq_base, aq_parent
 from zExceptions import Forbidden
+from Products.ERP5Type import IS_ZOPE2
 
 ### Guards
 
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ class _(PatchClass(PythonScript)):
 
   # Add proxy role icon in ZMI
 
+  if IS_ZOPE2:
     def om_icons(self):
       """Return a list of icon URLs to be displayed by an ObjectManager"""
       if self._proxy_roles:
@@ -164,7 +166,13 @@ class _(PatchClass(PythonScript)):
 
     p_.PythonScript_ProxyRole_icon = \
       ImageFile('pyscript_proxyrole.gif', globals())
-
+  else:
+    @property
+    def zmi_icon(self):
+      if self._proxy_roles:
+        return 'fa fa-terminal fa-spin'
+      else:
+        return 'fa fa-terminal'
 
   # Guards
 

[Vincent Pelletier]

I, for one, dislike this animation very much.

I have been using Zope4 for about a week now, and I find myself editing proxy-roled python scripts outside of my browser just so I do not have to see this spinning icon.

• It attracts the attention way too much, and it cannot be scrolled away so it is always in plain sight.
• It uses a non-trivial amount of CPU.
• I believe, in UI language, animations typically mean "something is in progress" (ex: the - still CPU-wasteful - ERP5JS spinner when loading a page). There is nothing in progress here.

Please reconsider this UI choice, for example by making the color of the font red (...just to borrow the idea from the Zope2 implementation, with the red python icon) or something. That should be just the right amount of attention-grabbing, without being as distracting as an animation. Also, it will waste less CPU & energy.

Maybe we add a CSS we control, or (yuck) patch the existing one.

Maybe we can use some other existing class (ex: fa-rotate-90 or fa-flip-horizontal... not as good as the previous (edit: by which I mean Zope2) icon IMHO, but at least it does not move).

[Jérome Perrin]

I like fa-flip-horizontal, visually it looks like other python script with something different

[Yusei Tahara]

That's a good idea. Let's do it.

[Yusei Tahara]

Fixed 8e9c6d42

[Vincent Pelletier]

Thank you very much.

For reference, Yusei found that there exist a python icon in fontawesome. Unfortunately, because of its almost-4-fold symmetry, with just the available 90/180/270 rotations and two-axes mirroring the difference with a proxy-roled script is much harder to spot. So while it is not clear why Zope4 decided to use the terminal icon for Python Scripts, it allows for a much clearer distinction.

[Jérome Perrin]

It seems the python icon is not available because the fontawesome used in ZMI is fontawesome "free" which does not include "brands", maybe it's like this in Zope to prevent potential copyright issues. Anyway, thanks.

[Yusei Tahara]

python icon is available in Zope4.

<i class="fab fa-python"></i>

You can find available icons on fontawesome web site. It is important to specify correct version and free category.

https://fontawesome.com/v5/icons/python?f=brands&s=solid

[Yusei Tahara]

not only fa-python but also fab is necessary to display that icon.

[Jérome Perrin]

Ah I see thanks, I missed the fab, I tried using https://fontawesome.com/icons/python?f=brands&s=solid which is fontawesome v6 and it uses fa-brands, but v5 uses fab