Borrowing from the Request: Built-in Icon Designer Tools - #2 by josh post, instead of providing a full set of tools for designing icons, this request is for the ability to upload or link to custom user icons.
The Custom Icons (File Upload) feature is now available! Check out the following post for details:
Note that you can roughly achieve this today by using a Media Tile to display a custom image / icon and then configure the Media Tile action to Hyperlinkā¦ wherein you can use the special hyperlink syntax to link to run a rule:
Are there specific Font Awesome icons you are looking for? We are licensed for and use many of the Font Awesome icons alreadyā¦ but we donāt add all of them as it would bloat the file size and slow down the initial loading of the app.
What would be cool is to have a community icon repository, similar to the css contributions that are on the board. Allow people to upload their icons and be able to search them from the icon picker. Even possibly have some sort of voting on the icons so the ābetterā ones that are in keeping with the theme get filtered to the top.
This request has bumped its way toward the top of the list and weāre keeping our eye on it. We have a few strategic items weāre working on now to keep the platform running smoothly and I suspect weāll circle back to this one in an upcoming development sprint.
PS. I personally want Math with Variables too, Stan! Linking it here in case anyone wants to cast a vote on it!
Hey everyone. I am the dummy version of all you sophisticated ShaprTools users and a bit confused. The built-in icons are great but not for my project. Is there a button to upload an image and apply it to a tile? I know you can create your own ācustom tilesā using the URL and HTML method under developer tools but that task is not very straight forward. I am not a coder. Is this feature hidden somewhere? I tend to miss things right under the nose. Thanks!
Hi brother. I think there is no current way (beside a custom tile), but you can simulate it. Have you checked that you can load your dashboard background ?. Well, in the background image, you can simulate the tiles images, then the real tile has to be transparent, in order to let view of the background, the only issue is you cannot change its style obviously, but you can display a footer, or a device status (with super tiles). Thats it. hope this idea can be useful for you,
Hey everyone! Just wanted to provide an update that we are actively working on this. If youāve voted on this, could you please provide some examples of custom icons that youād like to use?
You should be able to attach the image to your post here. Can you also clarify if:
You want to upload the file to your SharpTools account (eg. media storage)
You want to link to an existing copy of the image online
As you might surmise, uploading images to your account is a bigger scope with added complexity around file storage, file management, file sizes, etc. So weāre looking to get more examples (and feedback) as we work on refining the scope.
As most of the timesā¦the nicest are more complex, but the easiest is the most practical.
For me, the practical reference for an image could be enough (like dashboards backgrounds), but an account icon storage will rock and take Sharptools users in total appassionate love with the toolā¦
For me thereās two different things Iād like to see.
1 - Additional icons in the same location they are now. This would be in order that they keep the same ālookā as the ones that are already available. These donāt need to be anything special so long as itās possible to differentiate. For example a Dishwasher:
Also would be good to see Curtains (open and closed) in order to differentiate from blinds (shades) and there currently isnāt a standard icon for a Keypad - something like:
2 - The ability to use ANY icon and save it as in the resource section of account. That icon could then be picked for use on a tile instead of one from the standard icon library. Perhaps SharpTools users should be given some parameters with regard to dimensions and file format etc.
Option 2 would be great as everyones needs will differ. Recently I wanted to use a few channel icons for a live TV dashboard. It took some time as I first had to place the file locally or on imgur publicly, create a media tile with that icon location and then finally set the action on tap to open a different url for the TV channel. It also wasnāt possible to do a 1x1 media tile - the dimensions get overridden to 2x1.
Hi John. Thanks for sharing your examples ā since this request is for the ability to upload or link to your own custom icons, the idea is that you would be able to find/source your own icons that fit your needs and upload or link to them.
This feature request is not for inclusion of additional icons into the base icon library.
For reference, our base icon library is based on Font Awesome (with a number of custom icons added in), so their Icon Design Guidelines is what weāve tried to mimic with our own custom icons.
That being said, we didnāt plan on restricting to just SVG icons. Using @Justin_Leonardās example, hereās a transparent PNG acting as an icon:
You could use a JPEG, but since they donāt support transparency itās probably not going to look as good with the harsh edges and all:
Hereās a brief demo showing the beta in action. In the video, I edit a tileās icon like normal, but when I go to select an icon thereās a new tab to upload my own icons and use them.
The Custom Icons (File Upload) feature is now available! Check out the following post for details:
