Tag "display_name" not working in Icon Set XML files?

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I am presently working on extending the Internal Flat icon set for Opus 12 and noted that when you define "display_name"s in the Icon Set's XML file, Opus 12 does not seem to show that (alias/long form) information when you check in the Customize Select Icon window. This is true for all icon sets I have installed, except for the actual internal icon set.

As I understand this, when you mouse-over icons in the Select Icon window you should be seeing <display name> (<name/internal icon name>)... but only <name/internal icon name> is shown.

I use the display_name field extensively, to help those interested understand what the icon was meant for...

Here a snip of the icon set code I am using:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <iconset name="opus12flattaeicons">
     <display_name>Directory Opus 12 Flat AEicon Set</display_name>
     <copyright>(c) 2018 AEon & (c) 2016 GP Software</copyright>
     <artist>Christoph 'AEon' Loewe / Cris van Minnen</artist>
     <set filename="OPUS12_AEICONS_FLAT_22.png" size="small" width="22" height="22">
         <dpi base="100">
             <scale factor="100" filename="OPUS12_AEICONS_FLAT_22.png" width="22" height="22" no_scale_min="0" no_scale_max="125" />
             <scale factor="150" filename="OPUS12_AEICONS_FLAT_32.png" width="32" height="32" no_scale_min="126" no_scale_max="175" />
         </dpi>
         <icon name="diff"           display_name="Compare by Content"   category="tools"    col="1" row="1" />
         <icon name="linksubmenu"    display_name="Advanced Links"       category="menu"     col="2" row="1" />
         <icon name="softlink"       display_name="Soft Link"            category="file"     col="3" row="1" />
         ...
     </set>
     <set filename="OPUS12_AEICONS_FLAT_32.png" size="large" width="32" height="32">
         <dpi base="100">
             <scale factor="100" filename="OPUS12_AEICONS_FLAT_32.png" width="32" height="32" no_scale_min="0" no_scale_max="125" />
         </dpi>
         <icon name="diff"           display_name="Compare by Content"   category="tools"    col="1" row="1" />
         ...
     </set>
 </iconset>

Hope this can be fixed... or that I simply am overlooking something.

Thanks.

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It seems to work here:

wc_dopus_1033

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If I am not mistaken those are "internal" Opus 9 icons, i.e. official ones in some way. I am guessing that the exiting internal names for icons work when showing the "long names" (display_name). But if you use/invent your own icon "name" tags, then the lookup to their corresponding display_name tags is broken in some way...

Where you able to check with a custom icon set e.g. Directory Opus 9 Unofficial Extra Icons (Opus9Unofficial.dis) or my own Opus8AEicons.dis set (Directory Opus 8 AEicon Set)? Since both do not show display_name tags for me...

Sorry, to bug you with this...

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Can you upload an icon set that demonstrates the problem?

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Opus12AEiconsFlat.dis (17.5 KB)

I am upping the internal icon set expansion I am presently working on. It uses the first post code, but it is complete to the point I am presently at. So this should be a more available "real" example for testing. Hopefully.

Thanks

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Thanks, this will be fixed in the next update.

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Issue seems to be have been fixed in 12.9.1 already... that was quick. Neat. Thanks.

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Spoke too soon... only now was I able to install the v12.9.1 beta (from v12.8) and my just released icon set, Opus12AEiconsFlat.dis, is not showing the "display names" of the icons in the Select Icon dialogue...

Opus%2012%202018-06-12%2017'05'26!

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Try going to /dopuslocaldata/Icon Cache and deleting anything related to your icon set, then exit & re-start Opus (File > Exit Directory Opus).

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I just checked... indeed the cache file:

/dopuslocaldata/Icon Cache\ISC_G_english-100-Opus12AEiconsFlat.xml

does not contain any display_name entries, just the "name" fields. Deleted this file and the image files, and restarted Opus.

Wonderful... that worked.

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