idea Improve distinctness of quick access buttons in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Improve distinctness of quick access buttons

NatalieCassar-Pieper — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:20:03 GMT

A very little thing bothers me every time I use ArcGIS Pro:
The icons in the quick access toolbar are difficult to distinguish. They are too small and look too similar (all somehow pale blue except of tiny differences). I nearly have to press my nose onto the screen to hit the correct button... 😞
If you cannot enlarge the quick access buttons (I think this might be a general issue in all ribbon GUI apps?) please use clearer icons. Just a yellow folder for Open, white page for new, just a floppy disk for save - as for example in MS Office:

Re: Improve distinctness of quick access buttons

DuncanHornby — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:19:55 GMT

Totally agree. I've not explored ArcGIS Pro too deeply so it may be possible but I've found the new washed out colour scheme quite frustrating. You can't tell when buttons are active or not. It would be good if the default colour scheme had a stronger differentiation between controls.

Re: Improve distinctness of quick access buttons

AdamForknall — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:22:53 GMT

Or provide the ability for user created skins

Re: Improve distinctness of quick access buttons

RachaelChasse — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:05:33 GMT

Agreed. I didn't even notice the toolbar there.

An option for the user to customize the icon size would be helpful. The icons are very small compared to the ribbon icons and they get lost on the interface.

Re: Improve distinctness of quick access buttons

JillHalchin — Wed, 01 May 2019 17:48:18 GMT

Four years after this was first requested, nothing has improved. Maybe a little color has been added to icons, but the quick tools - and everything else in the UI - are pale, low-contrast and small. Lines and text are thin. This low visibility is especially bad with the dark theme, which should be better on your eyes, but instead it's just harder to distinquish anything.