What do you think Enable and Disable icons should look like?
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What do you think Enable and Disable icons should look like?
Enable = color, Disabled = grey
do you think that enable/disable have any common design associated with them though?
e.g. print preview is often a magnifying glass
Disabled should always be a greyscale of the original enabled image.
Are you wanting to duplicate the windows standards for their toolbars?
I have several tabs in my application and I want to enable and disable certain ones.
I was really asking if there was a standard image for disable or enable, maybe a padlock or something?
I don't believe there's a standard.
http://famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/.../index_abc.png
Take your pick.
Maybe the key, or one of the locks?
Nope, not for the tabs, unless you also have an image in the tab? If so then I would still say a greyscale version of the image.