[Icon Request] GLSL Icons

[malte-v]

I think it would be really cool if we had GLSL icons in this plugin (.vert, .tesc, .tese, .geom, .frag, .comp). There are some designs I could think of:

• vertex shader -> some points
• geometry shader -> a triangle
• fragment shader -> a grid

and maybe reuse the assembly icon for *.spv files.

Having different icons for different shader types would be especially nice, if that isn't too much work. Or we could just have a generic icon for all shaders.

[malte-v]

.vert: https://materialdesignicons.com/icon/scatter-plot-outline
.tesc, tese, .geom: https://materialdesignicons.com/icon/vector-triangle
.frag: https://materialdesignicons.com/icon/grid
.comp: https://materialdesignicons.com/icon/expansion-card

[Iainmon]

I would really love to see this! It also might be helpful to accommodate the inconsistent shader file extension naming convention.

Examples:

.vs, .vert, .vertexshader
.fs, .frag, .fragmentshader

[FishHawk]

I'm not an expert in icon design, but I tried a few. Any suggestions?
vert:

geom:

fram v1:

fram v2:

[malte-v]

The icons look great, but for what type of shader are the last two icons supposed to be used?

[FishHawk]

I prefer the second one. Which one do you like?

[HuskyNator]

Personally dont really like the suggested icons, though I cannot find a preexisting example :/
(Excempting the 'c'ish logo in the 'VScode great icons' extension, which is a bit too vague.)
That said, I would love icons for this! ^^

[Iainmon]

"fram v2" is a really good one. It is a pretty good example of what a fragment shader does

[HuskyNator]

If i could suggest, maybe make the vertex shader use the same colored squares as the fram examples?

[FishHawk]

If i could suggest, maybe make the vertex shader use the same colored square

I remeber my idea was to use different colors so that I can distinguish them in the editor at a glance.

It's been a long time and I have finished my shader project. You can change it if you want.

[HuskyNator]

I'll try it out later tonight, though i must say i'm clueless when it comes to vscode extensions. 😅

[bart-krakowski]

Hi guys!
I have another idea for that. WDYT?

[PKief]

@bart-krakowski if you remove the gradient, we could try it. In addition, the color should be from the Material Color Palette. In general, I think it looks nice :)