I've found out today via another thread that Excalidraw plugin actually works!
Now that I've got it working I'd like to make some contributions. I am not, however, a software dev. If any software dev, someone with coding skills better than mine, is willing to take pity on a UX designer wanting to make code contributions, I'd appreciate your input.
Suggestion to change toolbar icon
I'd like to make a PR to change the icon to the original Excalidraw icon.
Rationale
The main driver for this is I expected to see the Excalidraw icon somewhere on the toolbar.
Right now the use of a different icon is a usabililty issue - it took me close to 10 mins (of random clicking) to realise that the fa-palette icon was for Excalidraw.
Similar applications that have integrated Excalidraw use the correct icon.
Current icon
The add Excalidraw panel icon (fa-palette) used in the toolbar is shown below:
It's location in the plugin code.
Official Excalidraw icon
The official icon can be seen in the Excalidraw repo.
What's the best way to make this PR?
The approach I think I need to follow is:
- clone the plugin repo
- add the official icon to it (to
/src/as that's where other images seem to be located) - then change toolbar icon in the plugin code referenced here and here to the official icon.
Does this sound correct?
Is there anything I need to consider when doing this? Any suggestions advice, greatly appreciated!
