Devicons and Font Awesome library in @salt

Question

It would be great if Devicons and Font Awesome library could be used in @salt , this would help create nicer menus.

@startsalt ProcessMenu

!include <font-awesome/common.puml>

!include <font-awesome/gears.puml>

{+

{* Administración | <$gears> Procesos | Reportes | Seguridad

Procesos | Asignar Prendas }

}

@endsalt

With the latest version reports this error:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qL_XBuyKWoVKPwOb_AmS0zfttRZr_Iz7/view?usp=sharing

Answer 1

Ok, good idea!

We add a special syntax to scale the sprites (using a star). So with last beta http://beta.plantuml.net/plantuml.jar you can have:

@startsalt
!include <font-awesome/gears.puml>
{^"My group box<$gears*.3>"
  Login    | "<$gears*.3>MyName   "
  Password | "****     "
  [Cancel] | [  OK<$gears*.3>   ]
}
@endsalt

Is this what you are looking for ?

This has not been really tested, so feeback welcome!

Comments

We're on the right track.
But unfortunately it still fails for a drop-down menu.
If the menu is not foldable, the icon is drawn.
Another problem that arises is the background color of the icon versus the background color of the menu.
I'll report that in another issue anyway.