R35/R2025 toolbar redesign: Simplified Icons + Labels = Usability Nightmare – How can we revert this quickly?
Hi community, in general I am happy with most of the UI/UX improvements in R35/2025. Many of them are great ideas and we are happy that Aras added them. BUT: There is one "improvement" that I don´t like and I am searching for options to revert it as fast as possible. I am looking for a solution that I can reuse on every Innovator instance that doesn’t want to follow the new 'simplification' design trend. Aras has simplified the toolbar CUI buttons, aligning them more closely with the current - but questionable - trend of overly clean design. As a result, the icons have become harder to distinguish. To compensate, labels were added, but they take up a significant amount of space. The situation worsens when using the German or French language pack, where labels are typically 30- 40% longer. In that case, there’s hardly any pixel left for custom elements, often forcing the toolbar to wrap into a second row. This is the default search grid in Release 35/2025: This is a common layout that I use in I12/14: Many of my ItemTypes have one or two custom buttons in the toolbar. They often use labels so people can easily see that the custom buttons are unique and important for the specific ItemType. In the shown sample I even removed one default element ("Today") to save some space. Fun detail: Aras now uses the upload icon to represent 'share,' which doesn’t fit the context at all. This is especially confusing when custom buttons next to it actually perform "real" upload actions (like in my image)! How can we bring back the previous design fast? - I assume the additional labels can be removed in the language pack? - Update the icons via AML? What is your opinion regarding the design update? Angela
