Composite package icon

[mbarakaja]

I have an application where I use the package-variant-closed icon in my list of products.

The list contains two type of product, simple and compound (product made up of other products) and I want to differentiate them.

So, is there a possibility to make an icon that looks like Font Awesome's cubes icons?.

So, the idea is to use the actual package-variant-closed icon and just triplicate it in a layout equal to the font awesome cube icon.

Thanks.

[mspoelstra]

++ For this icon also.

[Templarian]

These cube icons are not very Material Design. Hmm... 😕

[mspoelstra]

Agreed, but an icon to denote a bundle/composite-package would be fantastic! Cheers.

[CoDEmanX]

cube-unfolded, widgets, google-circles-communities come to mind.

Wasn't there an icon like the following somewhere already?

[mbarakaja]

As a temporary solution I'm using the buffer icon

Maybe that can give you some idea.

[PeterShaggyNoble]

cube-unfolded would have been my first suggestions as well. An alternative to using buffer might be layers, which comes with an -off variant if you needed it.

[mbarakaja]

I want to share with you some variations that I have tried.

A problem that I have is that I was not able to fit the icons in the 20x20 pixel template. Right now the smaller icons have a width of 21px. With that size (21px) the vertical lines fit pixel by pixel properly.

[mbarakaja]

I added one more variant

[vizo]

Any updates on this?

[mbarakaja]

Why should be close this @JamesCoyle? Is there a good alternative already?

[mririgoyen]

The suggestions above break Material guidelines:

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Basically, we need another idea that is Material to depict what you're asking for. I'll leave this issue open for a little bit longer, but without any other new ideas, we may have to close it.

[mririgoyen]

Going to close this issue due because there really doesn't seem to be another idea on how to do this in a Material way. If someone comes up with some other ideas, please don't be afraid to share! Thanks for the suggestion.

[CoDEmanX]

Looks like a pinwheel at native size:

Some variants:

Stacked pyramid (chart icon?):

[MrGrigri]

What if you removed one of the puzzle pieces?

[mririgoyen]

Reopening as closing it stirred up discussion. 😄

[CoDEmanX]

@MrGrigri You mean like this?

I like it!

Another variant would be to make the bottom two one:

It makes it less versatile though.

What do you think about the connection variants? I tend towards c.

I think we should add the first pyramid as chart-pyramid.

[CoDEmanX]

Simplified connectors, but kinda blurry:

Making the hole side of each piece chevron like is a no-go, looks like a swastika in the end.

[mbarakaja]

The suggestions above break Material guidelines:

@goyney So, doesn't package-variant-closed brakes Material Design guidelines aswell?

[CoDEmanX]

This icon might actually work:

[mririgoyen]

The suggestions above break Material guidelines:

@goyney So, doesn't package-variant-closed brakes Material Design guidelines aswell?

Yes, it does. We allow breaks in very rare circumstances after internal discussions with collaborators. After playing around with multiple cubes within Material's guidelines, I do not think this is one we're going to consider adding. I'll let other collaborators chime in first, however.

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They just don't have any meaning at native size. (And even larger size, IMO.)

I believe the puzzle options are going to be the best bet.