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Add “attention” icon

Purpose

The “attention” icon will be used in our “attention requests” feature to indicate who's attention was requested in the context of an MR. For example, an MR reviewer can request the author's attention, and vice-versa.

Initially the icon will be used in the MRs list and in the MR sidebar:

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Alternative uses: to signal importance.

Concept

It's an extended chevron, with more visual weight than our existing chevrons. Some relevant aspects:

  1. For consistency and learnability purposes, it follows the pattern used in Gmail's important emails feature (screenshot) and Gerrit's attention set feature (screenshot) — the latter was contributed by Google engineers, hence the similarity). See Material Design's label_important icon.
  2. The shape “points” to the person who's attention has been requested, like an arrow or “pointing bookmark”.
  3. The larger shape allows for filled and outlined versions, necessary for the “on/off” toggling behavior of “request/unrequest” someone's attention.

Similar existing icons:

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Checklists

Complete all items in both checklists before closing the issue. All items are the responsibility of the author, unless otherwise noted.

Design

  1. Duplicate the Icon template and move the copy to your Drafts folder in Figma. Update the file name and cover thumbnail with relevant issue information.
  2. Share your draft file with a FE/UX Foundation designer to review, and make sure they have view permissions in Figma. If they have the capacity, they should assign themselves to this issue. If not, try pinging another Foundations designer.
  3. Reviewer: Review the icon in the author’s draft file. Add design-specific comments in Figma to maintain context. Add general comments to this issue, including your approval status. Once approved, assign to a Figma maintainer for final review.
  4. Maintainer: Add the icon to the component library file, convert it to a component, and view it in the Assets panel to ensure it aligns with what’s outlined in the document and asset library structure documentation.
  5. Maintainer: Publish the library changes along with a clear message about the update.
  6. Author: Move your draft file to the Component archive Figma project.

Library addition

  1. Create a new merge request (MR) from this issue.
  2. Checkout the new branch locally.
  3. Export the icon component from the Pajamas UI Kit (in Figma) to the /sprite_icons folder in your local instance of the repo. The file name should be lowercase, and use hyphens as a separator between terms.
  4. Open the SVG you just exported in your code editor and remove fill="none" from the <svg> element.
  5. In a terminal window, run yarn run dev to preview the SVG library locally. Find the new icon and test it out by changing settings in the Icon configuration panel of the site. The icon should change color and size with no issues.
  6. After you’ve committed the changes and the pipeline passes, double-check your icon in the review app and test that it matches your expectations.
  7. Assign the MR to be reviewed and merged by a maintainer, and proceed with any changes.
  8. Add a read only (FYI) agenda item to the next UX weekly call to inform everyone of the new icon, linking to this issue.

If you run into any problems, ensure that all other steps in the project README have been followed.

Links / references

Edited by Pedro Moreira da Silva