Does the no icon thing actually work?

It plays hell with the dev.exe to the point you almost need to remove it to test the mod in dev.

I have a couple of examples you can look at in the Flagship mod and my Sins of the Fallen mod if you want to look. They work well and don't seem to have any issues other than with the dev.exe complaining.

i think its ok on frigates and cruisers. Capitals complain because of the pick ability button is tha same location which is why it has to be passive. 

I will look into if the pick ability button can be moved to second row today

The guys and I for our club had done that ,starting with the Distant Stars mod,then added the Allience mod.Once we finish with the races cap ships and get the permissions to upload the changes,we may just do it.

We also found the Big Ship Supply mod bugged,but found a way to make it work,but its still very touchy if you don't do it correctly.