KG01 - See comments inline.
On Jul 18, 2012, at 10:35 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ricardo, > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:35:05PM +0200, RGB ES wrote: >> Thanks, Ariel for moving on this issue. >> >> I have a question, though: The fix also prevents other help tips to >> show, is that right? Because the problem on Bug 25945 is only with the >> box with the page number and heading name that shows when you scroll >> the document: because I've never see anyone protesting for the other >> tips, maybe the fix is a bit too much. > > The fix is only for the page number (the same information on the status > bar control showing "Page N/N") displayed near the scroll bar; that is, > only for the bug description: "Allow disabling of tooltip on mousewheel > scroll". > KG01 - Having the system provide feedback to orient the user and support way finding in the context of a scroll gesture is goodness. While the information may be presented in a tooltip-like presentation, system status is different than a tooltip from an information design perspective. While I am reluctant to encourage the creation of too many options, in this case, differentiating the tool tip content from status indicators/system status seems reasonable. Perhaps other popups could be clustered in the new category. In this case we could explore evoking the scroll status indicator via a right click of the "Page n/n" in the status bar. More broadly, we may want to explore how the system presents a tooltip vs status from a visual design perspective. Perhaps we could reinforce the categories and information popup types using some visual contrast. Full disclosure: I'm not at my system right now so, I'm working from memory of the behavior :) Thoughts? > Tips displayed the mouse pointer is over the document content are > already handled in an undocumented way, see bug > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120300 There is already > a property named "PreventHelpTips", I plan to rename it to > "ShowContentTips" because it describes better what it does: > > --- a/main/offapi/com/sun/star/text/ViewSettings.idl > +++ b/main/offapi/com/sun/star/text/ViewSettings.idl > @@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ published service ViewSettings > @since OOo 3.1 > */ > [optional, property] long VerticalRulerMetric; > + > //------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + /** If this property is <TRUE/>, tips for document content are shown, > + typically in a help balloon when the mouse is over the content. > + > + @since Apache OpenOffice 3.5 > + */ > + [optional, property] boolean ShowContentTips; > }; > > > In short, there will be two separated options: > - scroll bar tips > - document content tips > >> When the problem arise on the forums, I always recommend the >> workaround on Comment 9. > > The workaround is a little drastic, it will turn off all help tips. With > the proposed solution there are separate settings. > > > Regards > -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina
