File type icons

[jbrooksuk]

Could you add file type icons?

[iccir]

Probably! I'm waiting to see if sidebar icons will ultimately be distributed separately from themes (similar to Color Schemes). Right now I'm using a separate package for them, based on https://github.com/pryley/soda-theme

Steps to recreate:

1. Clone https://github.com/pryley/soda-theme to a folder in Packages
2. Rename the empty file Soda Light 3.sublime-theme to El Capitan.sublime-theme

This should link up the sidebar icons with El Capitan.

[jbrooksuk]

My personal opinion is that themes should include them as required. Relying on "theme sets" would be a bad idea I feel.

[jonathanmuth]

I agree with jbrooksuk. I think an icon set should eventually be included with the theme. While color theme preferences vary from developer to developer, I assume that people who chose a Yosemite based theme would also like to have a matching icon set.

[leepowelldev]

👍 - the theme looks odd with the large indent and no supporting file icons. I think the icons found in Sublimes default theme would look good with this.

[iccir]

I have thought about this some more. I agree, the sidebar does look odd without icons. In fact, I use icons in my own personal version (with the technique I mentioned above).

I'm still hesitant on supporting icons for every single file type in existence, but I'd like to add built-in support for folders and the default file type icons (plain / text / image / markup / source).

[ghost]

👍

[jbrooksuk]

You should check out the icons that Afterglow uses :)

[iccir]

el_capitan_sidebar_blue_folders will change the folder color from yellow (Xcode style) to blue (Finder style).

[smlombardi]

The above instructions for getting icons did not work. To change it so it worked:

-- put the downloaded folder in Packages/User
-- Rename the folder to Theme - El Capitan
-- Rename the file Soda Light 3.sublime-theme to El Capitan.sublime-theme as described

This was for build 3095

[dklima]

@iccir, I can confirm the steps you informed to link the Icons to El Capitan Theme works. Thanks!