David Smith

I really like that Apple has published a list of the “Standard Icons" as part of the HIG. So often I find myself agonizing over which symbol best represents something. Hopefully this will also lead to an increase in consistency across apps.

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/icons

Jun 11, 2025 at 12:01amIvory for Mac
Show threadJochen WoltersJun 11, 2025
@_Davidsmith @colincornaby Would be nice if Apple just included this intended semantic use of icons right inside the metadata in SF Symbols. 🤔 As in, “Hey SF Symbols, show me the icon for ‘Duplicate.’” “OK, here’s [whatever symbol is to be used for Duplicate action].”
Show threadRodrigo AraújoJun 11, 2025
@jochenwolters @_Davidsmith @colincornaby Apple doesn’t, but there’s this awesome app that does exactly this: https://symbolsaurus.com/
Symbolsaurus, the thesaurus of iconography

a thesaurus of iconography

Symbolsaurus
Show threadmhjacobsonJun 11, 2025
@_Davidsmith this is why NSImage had semantic image names 😕
Show threadRicky WitherspoonJun 11, 2025
@_Davidsmith nice. I’m going to include these aliases in my SFSymbols library! I already had some but nice to see the official ones.
Show threadRicky WitherspoonJun 11, 2025
@_Davidsmith All done! Feel free to checkout the library https://github.com/Rspoon3/SFSymbols
GitHub - Rspoon3/SFSymbols: All the SFSymbols at your fingertips.

All the SFSymbols at your fingertips. Contribute to Rspoon3/SFSymbols development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Show threadIsuruJun 11, 2025
@_Davidsmith The struggle is real. A lot of the times I end up asking ChatGPT for suggestions. They are hit or miss though.
Show threadChristian BeerJun 11, 2025
@_Davidsmith so why don‘t we have SystemImage.cut or something? 🤨 or Image(systemImage: .cut)
Show threadFabienJun 11, 2025
@_Davidsmith having the check mark instead of done is a big change, really messes up the balance of screens.