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User story #1769

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PI appearance : description of fields in real page instead of tooltips

Added by Fabrice FLORE-THÉBAULT over 13 years ago. Updated about 12 years ago.

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Released
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3
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Web - UI & UX
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Description

I am very confused with the description of fields in :hover tooltips.

I would prefer to have the description written in tiny characters below the field and its description.

One reason is: you can then have a better overview of all options and what they mean, without moving the mouse on every field.

One other reason is: it can generate errors: if you don't see the description, you will miss some important piece of information about the way you should fill in the field

Another reason: :hover is dead, please avoid it, it doesn't work on tablets and all of these touchscreen devices where you have no mouse. And this is the future.

Another reason: nobody ever looks at :hover stuff, the browser often stop to show the tooltip after a few second, you must move the mouse and try to get the tooltip again...

And the fully personal reason : I don't like it, i am disturbed by it, and fail to justify it accurately. I try to draw the line between my personal taste and some really functional need, but i'm not sure.

ncharles says : descriptions are often too long. I would say : tooltips are not appropriate for long texts (because of the display delay of the browser)

Actions #1

Updated by Nicolas CHARLES over 13 years ago

Tiny characters are hard to read. But we have some space on the right. We could have some text filling up this place when are selecting the input/select/radio, and the text would be the description of the currently selected item ? (i'm not sure, just trying to see a solution)

Actions #2

Updated by Fabrice FLORE-THÉBAULT over 13 years ago

+1 great idea

Actions #3

Updated by François ARMAND about 13 years ago

  • Target version set to 24
Actions #4

Updated by François ARMAND over 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from 24 to 47
Actions #5

Updated by François ARMAND over 12 years ago

  • Assignee set to Jean VILVER
Actions #6

Updated by François ARMAND over 12 years ago

  • Priority changed from N/A to 3
Actions #7

Updated by Jean VILVER over 12 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Pending technical review
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
Actions #8

Updated by Jonathan CLARKE over 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from 47 to 50
Actions #9

Updated by Jonathan CLARKE over 12 years ago

  • Target version changed from 50 to 2.4.0~beta3
Actions #10

Updated by Nicolas CHARLES over 12 years ago

  • Status changed from Pending technical review to 10

This looks valid, thank you Jean

Actions #11

Updated by Jonathan CLARKE about 12 years ago

  • Status changed from 10 to Released
  • Assignee deleted (Jean VILVER)

This is clearly an improvement, but more work still needs to be done to make this page really easy to read!

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