Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

Icon Size Conventions

Table 14–1shows the recommended pixel dimensions for desktop icons.

Table 14–1 Icon Sizes and File Names


Icon Size	Bitmap Name	Pixmap Name
16 by 16 (tiny)	`name.t.bm`	`name.t.pm`
24 by 24 (small)	`name.s.bm`	`name.s.pm`
32 by 32 (medium)	`name.m.bm`	`name.m.pm`
48 by 48 (large)	`name.l.bm`	`name.l.pm`

Table 14–2 shows the icon sizes used by the desktop components. In some cases, the size of the icon used depends on the display resolution.

Table 14–2 Desktop Components and Their Icon Sizes


Desktop Component	High Resolution	Medium Resolution	Low Resolution
File Manager and Application Manager (View by Name and Icon)	medium	medium	medium
File Manager and Application Manager (View by Name and Small Icon)	tiny	tiny	tiny
Main Front Panel controls	large	large	medium
Front Panel subpanels	medium	medium	tiny
Front Panel switch controls	small	small	tiny
Minimized windows	large	large	medium

For example, if you specify an icon named mail for a data type, have a color display, and have set the File Manager preferences to small icons, the icon image used is mail.t.pm.