[Goodies-dev] [Bug 7768] New: Battery plugin should indicate load state by changing icon

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7768

           Summary: Battery plugin should indicate load state by changing
                    icon
    Classification: Panel Plugins
           Product: Xfce4-battery-plugin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: General
        AssignedTo: frivoal at xfce.org
        ReportedBy: klaus.kusche at computerix.info
         QAContact: goodies-dev at xfce.org


The battery plugin should indicate the current battery state
(percent full and charging / discharging) by changing the icon shown,
like it is done by the gnome power manager and some other similar tools.

One would get a better indication of the current battery state at the first
glance, without reading any text or looking close at the rather tiny bar.

A fixed icon just wastes space and does not carry any information.

In the icon theme I use there are

battery-charged.svg
for full battery (not chargin / discharging, AC on).

battery-missing.svg
for battery not present.

battery-low.svg
battery-caution.svg
battery-040.svg
battery-060.svg
battery-080.svg
battery-100.svg
for 0%, 20%, 40%, ... 80%, 100% discharging battery.

battery-charging-low.svg
battery-charging-caution.svg
battery-charging-040.svg
battery-charging-060.svg
battery-charging-080.svg
battery-charging.svg
for 0%, 20%, 40%, ... 80%, 100% charging battery (AC on).

The gnome power manager has similar naming:
gpm-battery-100-charged.svg = gpm-battery-charged.svg
gpm-battery-missing.svg
gpm-battery-000-charging.svg
gpm-battery-000.svg
gpm-battery-020-charging.svg
gpm-battery-020.svg
gpm-battery-040-charging.svg
gpm-battery-040.svg
gpm-battery-060-charging.svg
gpm-battery-060.svg
gpm-battery-080-charging.svg
gpm-battery-080.svg
gpm-battery-100-charging.svg
gpm-battery-100.svg

The plain gnome icon set contains
battery-missing.png
battery-full-charged.png
battery-full-charging.png
battery-full.png
battery-good-charging.png
battery-good.png
battery-low-charging.png
battery-low.png
battery-caution-charging.png
battery-caution.png
battery-empty.png

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