Search only uses color to denote failure

[snowparrot]

I have problems seeing red and green. Dark red also looks more like black so e.g.
the search didn't find any item I can't see it on first glance. Other user can be confused, too because there is no other reaction.

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[cassidyjames]

Ah we only use color to denote a failed search. We could probably also change the search icon in the entry to something to indicate no matches?

Go go gadget @elementary/ux

[snowparrot]

@cassidyjames Though a bit unrelated Accessbility should be discussed in HIG so coders are more aware of the problem.

[matzipan]

@snowparrot perhaps open an issue for the HIG on https://github.com/elementary/website/

The relevant file is here: https://github.com/elementary/website/blob/62b751006961549634e4a0a15d52c5013af130fa/docs/human-interface-guidelines.md

[mi11y]

Using the search entry's primary_icon_name, I set it to "dialog-error-symbolic" whenever the style class is set to Gtk.STYLE_CLASS_ERROR. I think it works pretty well and feedback is much appreciated!