> On May 13, 2012, 11:46 p.m., David Jarvie wrote: > > kdeui/actions/kstandardaction_p.h, lines 62-63 > > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104934/diff/1/?file=64195#file64195line62> > > > > "Elements" is too technical a term to necessarily be understandable to > > a non-tech user in all circumstances, especially when it just refers to a > > block of text.
Good point, I am going to revert those two tooltips. - Aurélien ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104934/#review13793 ----------------------------------------------------------- On May 13, 2012, 10:08 p.m., Aurélien Gâteau wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104934/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated May 13, 2012, 10:08 p.m.) > > > Review request for kdelibs. > > > Description > ------- > > Attached patch tries to define tooltips for most of kdeui standard actions. > The goal of this change is to try to bring value to the tooltips of toolbar > buttons, instead of simply repeating the button text (I wrote a blog post > about this: > http://agateau.com/2012/05/11/common-user-interface-mistakes-in-kde-applications-part-5-big-toolbars/ > ). > > I tried to come up with tooltips which would remain generic enough in a wide > range of contexts, but couldn't find generic-enough tooltips for every > actions. In this case I left the tooltip empty, which cause QToolButton to > use the action text as tooltip, as before. > > If you have suggestions for the missing tooltips or corrections to the > tooltips I came up with (I am not a native english speaker), please comment. > > > Diffs > ----- > > kdeui/actions/kstandardaction.cpp 2312cc1 > kdeui/actions/kstandardaction_p.h f6e6ae7 > kdeui/actions/ktogglefullscreenaction.cpp 8d03d6e > > Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104934/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > Tested with a few KDE applications: KWrite, Kate, Dolphin, Gwenview. Checked > improved tooltips are shown and code still falls back to action text if no > tooltip is defined. > > > Thanks, > > Aurélien Gâteau > >
