On 07/22/2013 08:38 AM, Petr Vobornik wrote: > On 07/19/2013 11:19 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote: >> On 07/19/2013 09:26 AM, Jan Pazdziora wrote: >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 03:17:49PM +0200, Petr Vobornik wrote: >>>> Disclaimer: I have no strong feelings in this matter, it just looks >>>> weird to me, so I'm OK with not doing it if it's general consensus. >>>> Originally we wanted to do this change in >>>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3569 but it was not done >>>> because of string freeze. >>>> >>>> I guess you can add field suffix to every field from /etc/password >>>> when you use it in a sentence but that doesn't necessary mean that >>> You can. But gid exists as a concept beyond /etc/passwd. So does home >>> directory. The GECOS field value does not, really. >>> >>>> it's its name. man 5 passwd doesn't use word 'field' next to GECOS >>>> in fields description/list either. IMO our use case is the same. >>> It says: >>> >>> GECOS This field (sometimes called the "comment field") >>> [...] >>> The gcos field in the password file was >>> [...] >>> >>>> Historically correct label would probably be 'GECOS identity' but >>>> that's not usable today as it's purpose is more general. > >> Do we have tips in the UI? > > May be we should add them in future to provide extra information about > > meaning of the field or button. > > We do, but UX is not the best. 'doc' defined in .py files is displayed > as a textbox tooltip. This feature is not apparent and for most of the > fields the tooltip is the same as label. > > There is an idea to display a question mark icon next to textboxes to > draw an attention to a presence of the doc text and provide it in a > tooltip. > > I like the way how it's done in Alchemy UI: > http://www.ui-alchemy.org/form You can notice there an additional > information (string length limitation, example...) when field is focused. > > I went through open tickets and found few which touches the topic: > - https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2912 [RFE] [Web UI] Use doc > as field's tooltip instead of label > * Seems to be already implemented. > - https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2413 [RFE]: add in UI > examples of what is the requested field > - https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3661 [RFE] IPA Web UI: When > adding new reverse zone in DNS there could be an example of expected > address format > * Looks like duplicate of #2413 > > IMO we should close #2413 and maybe #2912 or change #2912 to cover the > above mentioned proposals (in case of agreement). > >> For now I think GECOS would probably be good enough. >> Adding "field" makes it more precise but looks weird. >> > > Sounds reasonable.
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