Icon Picker: Improvements, OOTB Property Editor, etc...

[markadrake]

Recommend some changes to the existing icon picker:

• Allow categorization/differentiation between the Umbraco defaults and icons added from other packages.
• How can we define synonyms for icons to make them easier to find in search?
• Expose the icon picker as a property editor that can be used as a data type.
  • Preconfig values:
    • Toggle color visibility (default to black if not visible).
    • Set default color. (Works with/without colors being visible)
    • Set default icon.
• Consider adding an optional icon override to the "block appearance" section once exposed as an OOTB property editor.

[mistyn8]

https://github.com/glombek/umbicosaurus from v8 days...

[bjarnef]

For reference also suggested by @callumbwhyte to relate meta data to icons: #9122

Furthermore in v14/v15 it has a limited set on icon colors.

It may be okay not to have a full set of color spectrum, but with default/light theme and from accessibility point of view I don't think the yellow and pink is useful for tree icons.

Currently I think this just align with the colors used in backoffice for toasts/notifications etc.

[nielslyngsoe]

All very good thoughts, and making the Icon Picker available as a Property Editor in Core is a good idea.

The Icon Picker is already thought to be made as a Property Editors, so it should be fairly simple to make the actual Property Editor UI, and then a corresponding Property Editor Schema(C# Property Value Editor)

The v.14+ Icon system is ready to be expanded with data like the umbiconsaurus, and I have already spoken to Joe and gotten the permission to migrate the data of the package into the Core.

Regarding the option to disable the color-selection, then it should not default to 'black', but to 'no-color' aka. inherit text color. Which is most likely what you meant but I just wanted to underline this.

Regarding colors we need to be a bit more concrete on what we like to happen, as well on what the actual needs are, the use-cases that this would be solving, so please hold your horses on that one. — Otherwise feel free to contribute with one or more of these ideas.

[skttl]

For colors, I would love if you could extend them, and add the colors you need. Eg. brand colors for specific content types.

[markadrake]

Whatever HQ is considering regarding "theming the back office, " the controls for colors should iterate over the available themes. Currently, I see v15 has at least a light and dark mode, so please allow two colors to be chosen in that case.