MDL-40759 icons: Split pix_icon from activity_icon

Activity icons always use the standard icon renderer.

lib/outputcomponents.php

@@ -705,6 +705,18 @@ class pix_icon implements renderable, templatable {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Data structure representing an activity icon.
+ *
+ * The difference is that activity icons will always render with the standard icon system (no font icons).
+ *
+ * @copyright 2017 Damyon Wiese
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ * @package core
+ */
+class activity_icon extends pix_icon {
+}
+
 /**
  * Data structure representing an emoticon image
  *

lib/outputrenderers.php

@@ -2028,6 +2028,36 @@ class core_renderer extends renderer_base {
         return html_writer::tag('a', $icon.$text, $attributes);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return HTML for an activity_icon.
+     *
+     * Theme developers: DO NOT OVERRIDE! Please override function
+     * {@link core_renderer::render_activity_icon()} instead.
+     *
+     * @param string $pix short pix name
+     * @param string $alt mandatory alt attribute
+     * @param string $component standard compoennt name like 'moodle', 'mod_forum', etc.
+     * @param array $attributes htm lattributes
+     * @return string HTML fragment
+     */
+    public function activity_icon($pix, $alt, $component='moodle', array $attributes = null) {
+        $icon = new activity_icon($pix, $alt, $component, $attributes);
+        return $this->render($icon);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Renders a pix_icon widget and returns the HTML to display it.
+     *
+     * @param pix_icon $icon
+     * @return string HTML fragment
+     */
+    protected function render_activity_icon(activity_icon $icon) {
+        global $PAGE;
+
+        $system = \core\output\icon_system::instance('standard');
+        return $system->render_pix_icon($this, $icon);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return HTML for a pix_icon.
      *

lib/upgrade.txt

@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ information provided here is intended especially for developers.
 === 3.3 ===
 * Moodle has support for font-awesome icons. Plugins should use the xxx_get_fontawesome_icon_map callback
   to map their custom icons to one from font-awesome.
-
-=== 3.3 ===
-
 * The method moodleform::after_definition() has been added and can now be used to add some logic
   to be performed after the form's definition was set. This is useful for intermediate subclasses.
+* Activity icons have been split from standard icons. Use $OUTPUT->activity_icon instead of $OUTPUT->pix_icon for these
+  type of icons (the coloured main icon for each activity).
 * YUI module moodle-core-formautosubmit has been removed, use jquery .change() instead (see lib/templates/url_select.mustache for
   an example)
 * $mform->init_javascript_enhancement() is deprecated and no longer does anything. Existing uses of smartselect enhancement