"standards" for tooltips?  
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sean





PostPosted: 2005-4-29 10:07:00 Top

java-programmer, "standards" for tooltips? All,

I'm working on a large Swing app. which has inconsistent use of
tooltips. In fact I have to address a bug report complaining about the
inconsistencies of the tooltips. Some of our widgets display "helpful
text" as tooltips, others display the full details on the chosen value
(e.g. full pathname of a file chosen) etc.

Is there any documented standard for how best to use tooltips?

TIA,
Sean

 
Roland





PostPosted: 2005-4-29 17:06:00 Top

java-programmer >> "standards" for tooltips? On 29-4-2005 4:06, sean wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm working on a large Swing app. which has inconsistent use of
> tooltips. In fact I have to address a bug report complaining about the
> inconsistencies of the tooltips. Some of our widgets display "helpful
> text" as tooltips, others display the full details on the chosen value
> (e.g. full pathname of a file chosen) etc.
>
> Is there any documented standard for how best to use tooltips?
>
> TIA,
> Sean
>
Maybe the Java L&F design guidelines provide some rules of thumb:
<http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/ed2/book/>
<http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/at/book/>
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Juan Antonio Dom韓guez P閞ez





PostPosted: 2005-4-30 6:07:00 Top

java-programmer >> "standards" for tooltips? Roland wrote:
> On 29-4-2005 4:06, sean wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm working on a large Swing app. which has inconsistent use of
>> tooltips. In fact I have to address a bug report complaining about the
>> inconsistencies of the tooltips. Some of our widgets display "helpful
>> text" as tooltips, others display the full details on the chosen value
>> (e.g. full pathname of a file chosen) etc.
>>
>> Is there any documented standard for how best to use tooltips?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Sean
>>
> Maybe the Java L&F design guidelines provide some rules of thumb:
> <http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/ed2/book/>
> <http://java.sun.com/products/jlf/at/book/>

Impressive books. This is the first notice I have about them. Thanks a
lot Roland.

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