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Bug 724048 - More options.. button's tool tip missing
More options.. button's tool tip missing
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Sindhu S
Gedit maintainers
: 733175 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-02-10 16:24 UTC by Shobha
Modified: 2014-07-14 20:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Add tooltip to gears icon (800 bytes, patch)
2014-02-10 16:38 UTC, Sindhu S 		none Details | Review

Description Shobha 2014-02-10 16:24:36 UTC 
More options.. button that looks like a gear on the right hand side in the toolbar is missing its tool tip in gedit 3.12 UI.

Thanks!!
Comment 1 Sindhu S 2014-02-10 16:38:44 UTC 
Created attachment 268693 [details] [review]
Add tooltip to gears icon
Comment 2 Kat 2014-02-10 21:51:37 UTC 
This would be helpful for writing the help and also all the other buttons have tooltips so it would be more consistent.
Comment 3 Paolo Borelli 2014-02-12 07:15:07 UTC 
This is something that needs to be decided for the whole gnome since the gear button is a pattern we use in a lot of applications.

At the moment as far as I can see other gnome apps do not have a tooltip

Chrome has "Customize and control Google Chrome"


I do not have a strong opinion on this: I agree it would be consistent and useful to have a tooltip, on the other hand, "more options" is not really that helpful...


CC'ing Allan, since this is a HIG matter
Comment 4 Kat 2014-02-12 09:44:54 UTC 
Some of the applications do have tooltips already (see nautilus for an example). The button has different meanings in different applications, so I don't think it's possible to standardise on one text.
Comment 5 Shobha 2014-02-22 13:56:56 UTC 
please take decision on tooltip asap. It is hindering the help update process for gedit 3.12 

Thanks!!
Comment 6 Shobha 2014-02-22 13:58:04 UTC 
sorry *asap -> as soon as possible :)
Comment 7 Paolo Borelli 2014-02-22 14:39:45 UTC 
Allan suggested to not set any tooltip
Comment 8 Kat 2014-02-22 21:23:53 UTC 
(In reply to comment #7)
> Allan suggested to not set any tooltip

What is the reasoning in this case?

Given the usage of that icon in other GNOME applications, it is not clear exactly what the menu contains, nor what will happen when it is clicked (the button is also used to pop up dialogs in some instances).
Comment 9 Paolo Borelli 2014-04-12 09:16:14 UTC 
I am closing this in an effort to clean up the bug list a bit.

As said before I have no strong opinion here, so I am open to apply a path if you manage to change the opinion of the design team
Comment 10 Paolo Borelli 2014-07-14 20:40:30 UTC 
*** Bug 733175 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***