Hi all, If you open up the Rhino BETA , one of the first things you might notice is that the icons look different than before. Over the years, there have been requests for color coding the Rhino Toolbar icons. We’ve been working on implementing this in the Rhino BETA. [Icon Redesign | New i…

I’m not in favor of these suggestions. I think the tabs organize nicely into usable groups and I use them a lot. I put the more commonly-used functions into my custom toolbars, where these are immediately available. I consider myself a beginner with Rhino and seeing all the various tool options on …

What about themes with other color combinations? Legacy theme would make everyone happy. Or maybe i should just give up on this and stay with V8 for a decade until the icons change again :joy: I’ve tested it, left my opinions thats all I can do. I’m done WIP testing It’s Rhino time :rhinoceros:

[image] gyorgy.bozoki: I consider myself a beginner with Rhino and seeing all the various tool options on the toolbar made it significantly easier for me to discover and learn about the various features. Thanks for your reply… maybe you’re right . I’ll try next time to show different tab to b…

[image] Bobi: V9 icons look like low-polygonal models due to the very limited range of colours they use (usually 3 shades of light blue). That makes icons like those for “Cylinder”, “Cone” etc look like an octagon (8-sided shape) well as you know they know that there are people in favour of t…

[image] skysurfer: Saying this I’m still not a fan of the latest Microsoft apps that uses the same principles of tabs Rhino is one of the very few software in which I like tabs - generally I dislike them because they take up extra space and hide functionality. In most other programs I’d prefe…

The fix is easy: [V9 icons are a huge letdown]

Not for the associates it seems I give up on this any input falls on deaf ears anyways and after seeing the palette they use clearly there are better options to try it’s just disappointing V8 for life, the last Rhino version that does not try and destroy my eyes.:headstone:

Given that everybody wants to see something different, there may be merit in adding a layer of abstraction. Separate the palette of 36 or whatever different colours from the icons, give people the opportunity to create, copy, edit and delete palettes and provide a mechanism to generate a new icon se…

that colours are even discussed is a testament of poor choice(s) generally. if you design something for a broader audience then keep it as simple as possible. introducing so many colours can only backfire. in rhino7 for mac there was a good tendency to calm the fireworks by introducing more monochr…

[image] encephalon: but now we have this mess where colours I disagree. I think The colors help (sure, it could be improved). If it was just monotone you would have people asking for colors. As an example, the new Affinity was released yesterday and there, all icons went monochrome. Guess wha…

Rhino BETA Feature: Icon redesign

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Rhino_Bulgaria (Bobi) November 1, 2025, 12:47am 35

The fix is easy:

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Rhino BETA Feature: Icon redesign

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