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Feature Request FR-3606
Product Area User Interface
Status CLOSED

6 Voters

Different favicons for different App instances

mueller-landau Public · Feb 6 2024

Idea Summary
Ideally, it should be possible to distinguish App instance visually by adding different Favicons. This option used to be there but is now deprecated with the newest APEX versions (I cannot say which version exactly). 

Use Case
When working with multiple instances in parallel, it is very helpful to visually differenciate the instances in the tabs without having to click through the tabs by adding different favicons for each instance.

Preferred Solution (Optional)
Enable to define one favicon for each instance separately.

We reviewed this idea carefully, and while it was interesting, we concluded that it is unlikely to make its way into APEX in the foreseeable future.

Comments

Comments

  • gerwien OP 1.6 years ago

    I'm missing the option to add html for different colored favicons per instance.

  • vincent morneau Admin OP 1.6 years ago

    Hi @mueller-landau would you be able to elaborate on the use cases here? Do you mean each instance as in dev/prod?

  • mueller-landau OP 1.6 years ago

    @vincent morneau  thanks for your question. 

    Yes, with different instances, I mean dev/qa/prod instances.

    Use case: Our development team as well as our end users work with different instances at the same time. E.g. to test new features on the dev instance while adding productive data on the prod instance. 

    In order not to confuse the instances, we have always provided a differently colored favicon. That way, the tabs can be distinguished easily. In earlier APEX versions (<20 or 21) we had a process to load the correct icon in a page item depending on the instance and referenced the item in the html-field for the favicon. This process is no longer supported in the newer APEX versions.

  • vincent morneau Admin OP 1.6 years ago

    @mueller-landau Thanks for following up. The team had a long discussion about this idea, and we don't think there is a single solution that fits the requirement. We currently have environment banners that show you a different APEX Builder UI and developer toolbar based on the instance. You can have a static region (type Alert) based on a build option that would display on your runtime application in different environments. You could inject a [ENV_PREFIX] in the page title so that it displays in the browser tabs. Ultimately, we think the ability to customize the icon would not address the problem completely, so we are leaving it to the developer to decide and implement. Hope that clarifies the decision.

  • duanepearce OP 1.5 years ago

    We have had the same request (for environment specific fav icons) from our teams. 

    Even though we have included the environment in title, it's visible in the URL and the apps have distinct loading screens, they all seem to want bookmarks that are easily distinguishable via icons…