2.5. Using Tapestry Icons

Tapestry provides a framework for using icons throughout your Drupal site. The theme includes some icons from the Tango Project Icon Library and from the FamFamFam Mini Library to get you started. And you can add your own icons or replace the existing ones.

To enable icons, point your browser to the theme settings page, enable the Use Icons checkbox, and click the Save configuration button.

With icons enabled, Tapestry will adorn many standard Drupal elements with icons as described below. It will also adorn menu items in the Primary Links menu with icons based on the item's title. And it will add icons to the Custom Typography styles.

Internet Explorer 6 Support

Older versions of Internet Explorer (like versions 5.5 and 6) have limited or no support for PNG images with alpha transparency. If your site includes transparent PNG images, these older browsers will display such images with an ugly grey box around it. The Tango icons, along with many other icons and images, use the PNG alpha transparency, and therefore do not render properly in these older browsers.

Tapestry can use a different set of icons for these older browsers. To enable this feature, enable the Alternate Icons for IE5/6 option on the theme settings page.

Built-In Icons

Tapestry includes a subset of the Tango Project Icon Library and the FamFamFam Mini Icon Library . If you enable the Use Icons option on the theme settings page, Tapestry will display icons from the Tango icon library. If you also enable the Alternate Icons for IE5/6 option on the theme settings page, Tapestry will display icons from the FamFamFam library for visitors browsing your site with older versions of Internet Explorer, while still displaying the Tango icons for other browsers.

Tango Menu Icons

Menu items in your site's Primary Links Menu are decorated with icons according to the text in the menu title. The following icons will automatically be displayed for menu items with the matching titles: