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Bug 705310 - input messages
input messages
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: General
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-08-01 18:26 UTC by Andreas J. Guelzow
Modified: 2013-08-04 22:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Spreadsheet with validation message (1.91 KB, application/x-gnumeric)
2013-08-01 19:40 UTC, Morten Welinder 		Details
tentative patch (6.72 KB, text/x-c)
2013-08-04 20:42 UTC, Andreas J. Guelzow 		Details

Description Andreas J. Guelzow 2013-08-01 18:26:29 UTC 
We seem to read and write input help messages from and to various file formats. The problem is:

a) We do not show the input messages anywhere in Gnumeric.
b) We do not provide any means of editing the input messages!

As a consequence these message are preserved and can get outdated, ie. the validations might change but the corresponding in Gnumeric invisible input help message cannot be adapted.
Comment 1 Morten Welinder 2013-08-01 19:11:34 UTC 
The cell format dialog appears to contain code to edit these.
It's on the validation tab.
Comment 2 Morten Welinder 2013-08-01 19:40:07 UTC 
Created attachment 250657 [details]
Spreadsheet with validation message
Comment 3 Andreas J. Guelzow 2013-08-01 19:50:32 UTC 
On the validation tab, I see the error message (shown when validation fails) but not the input help message (shown when the cell is selected).
Comment 4 Andreas J. Guelzow 2013-08-03 06:12:00 UTC 
Part (b) has been fixed.
Comment 5 Andreas J. Guelzow 2013-08-04 20:42:19 UTC 
Created attachment 250819 [details]
tentative patch

A tentative patch to show the briefly show the input message on screen.

The obvious problem is that the patch doesn't even attempt to place the tooltip in a reasonable location.

I have a cell position. How do I determine the screen position of the lower right corner?
Comment 6 Andreas J. Guelzow 2013-08-04 22:25:07 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.