Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
There are several bug reports on how Anytype deals with transparent images:
There are also several feature requests to improve how Anytype deals with transparent and non-rectangular images:
Describe the solution you’d like
I think we can resolve all submitted bugs and combine all feature requests if we ask the Anytype team to:
Allow the user to choose between no background or a background color (of choice) for any image
Allow the user to choose a background style/shape (square, rounded square, squircle , or circle)
For bonus points: allow to differentiate the color for light vs darkmode
The scope of this feature request is “any image”:
Image on a canvas/in a block
Cover image of an object
Object icon
Describe alternatives you’ve considered
None yet
Additional context
Maybe this can be extended to be allowed for any object, like requested here:
Currently, the background color for a page is a whitish color, which can be harsh for those who are light sensitive.
I use a setting called Force Dark mode on my android device which changes the background color and I found it quite nice. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like:
[image]
Keeping in mind that an app-wide dark mode could be more difficult to implement currently, I’d like to request the ability to set the background color of a page object on both the desktop and android apps.…
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Bred
March 19, 2022, 12:00pm
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Please allow for the removal of the background colour on transparent icons on pages. I find it very inconsistent with the page when the thing that should be transparent acts like a fake png, with a colour I didn’t want behind it.
Describe the solution you’d like
Allow the removal of the default background colour when using transparent images/emojis. Such as Notion’s design.
Describe alternatives you’ve considered
Having to add background colours to pngs to match that of anytype backgrounds. Which will take… hours
Additional context
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Eban
June 17, 2021, 6:20pm
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Hi, I have this weird blue background behind my profile picture, I’m running Anytype 0.1.11 on Android 10
@Eban Hi! Sorry for the long aswer. Please, send the original picture, it helps us to understand why it happend
Eban
August 17, 2021, 3:12pm
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div3xi
June 18, 2021, 5:15am
7
That is just the background colour the devs have selected for profile icon, it would become transparent in the future.
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@Eban Hi! Please, describe the problem in detail.
Oshyan
June 19, 2021, 7:22pm
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@Kirill_Lem I believe they are using an image with transparency for their profile pic. The white in the image they attached should be “transparent”, and I think they expect that the background (blue-green “fibers” in this case) would show through instead of a white background in an oval.
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@Oshyan Thank you for the clarification!
@Eban Thank you for your notice! We haven’t implemented this yet, but plan to do that in the future
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k.and
May 8, 2022, 9:33am
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I believe this issue is still ongoing.
When I add an icon with a transparent background sometimes I get this result (which is expected):
But sometimes it appears like that:
Please bring some consistency to how icons with transparent background are processed.
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I’m happy to read this is in progress on iOS:
Highlights include:
Polish and sparkle in the UI
Further object customisation
:wastebasket:Permanent deletion of your Anytype account
New features:
Fresh canvas animations for blocks
Refreshed “featured relations” blocks
Template selection for objects
Create new objects from inside a Set
Permanent Anytype account deletion
Duplicate your object from object settings
Object “quick actions” from the main screen/dashboard
Improvements:
We’ve renamed the delete button t…
SenJay
October 20, 2021, 2:50am
15
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
This request isn’t really related to a problem, but when setting icons for pages I noticed that they have an off-white box behind them.
Describe the solution you’d like
Instead of having the off-white background, having a transparent background for the page icons akin to Notion.
Describe alternatives you’ve considered
Another alternative to this would be to have a toggle to let the user choose whether they want a background to the icon or not.
Additional context
N/A
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Flip
April 1, 2022, 6:44pm
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To fully understand it. Does your uploaded image had a background and you want Anytype to remove it or the image you uploaded doesn’t had a background an Anytype added one?
Flip
April 1, 2022, 6:52pm
20
Thanks for the added information. I adjusted the title, so this topic will be easier to be find. Hope, you are ok with it. Otherwise, feel free to adjust, if its not fully matching your requested feature.
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I also would like Anytype to work with transparent png backgrounds for icons so +1
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Flip
October 18, 2022, 9:16am
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Just pasted an image with transparent background in dark mode. It’s very hard to read some parts of it.
Slightly better with “grey” background.
Please add “white” to the background options.
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Flip
October 19, 2022, 8:17am
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Additionally to my post. Also show the background color, when the image is viewed in the modal image viewer.