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Bug 596138 - Better tooltip for panel applet
Better tooltip for panel applet
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnote
Classification: Applications
Component: main
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnote-maint
gnote-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-09-24 02:39 UTC by Rahul Sundaram
Modified: 2009-11-28 13:15 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
tool tip text patch (641 bytes, patch)
2009-09-24 02:39 UTC, Rahul Sundaram 		none Details | Review

Description Rahul Sundaram 2009-09-24 02:39:00 UTC 
Created attachment 143858 [details] [review]
tool tip text patch

Usually tooltips are descriptive of what the application does. Instead gnote
just displays the shortcut key. I have attached a small patch to provide a
descriptive text instead.  Please apply. 

Downstream bug report at

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525345
Comment 1 Hubert Figuiere (:hub) 2009-09-29 02:53:35 UTC 
But by removing the shortcut you just remove something important.
Comment 2 Rahul Sundaram 2009-09-29 05:31:07 UTC 
None of the other applications I can spot have keyboard shortcuts in their tooltip. A short description of what the app does is what users seem to expect. I think when you hover over a app, you would rather click it instead of using shortcuts. However if you want it still, I suppose having it at the end of the description would be better than the current situation.
Comment 3 Debarshi Ray 2009-11-28 09:34:42 UTC 
"Gnote Take Notes, link ideas and stay organized" looks too long for a tooltip. How does "Take notes (<shortcut key>)" sound?
Comment 4 Rahul Sundaram 2009-11-28 09:56:47 UTC 
Sure. A small description is better than none.
Comment 5 Debarshi Ray 2009-11-28 10:24:21 UTC 
commit 71da005b9fd0e965c16dd5a45976adacbb80f862
Author: Debarshi Ray <debarshir@src.gnome.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 28 12:14:12 2009 +0200

    Better tooltip for panel applet
    
    Fixes: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/596138
Comment 6 Debarshi Ray 2009-11-28 13:15:13 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Thank you for your bug report.