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Bug 62420 - Window titlebar tooltips should only display if truncated
Summary: Window titlebar tooltips should only display if truncated
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Window System (show other bugs)
Version: 4.x
Hardware: All All
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Stanislav Aubrecht
URL:
Keywords: UI
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-08-16 18:11 UTC by jhoffman
Modified: 2009-02-19 22:53 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description jhoffman 2005-08-16 18:11:21 UTC
The Windows UI spec (http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/ui/ws/ws_spec.html) section
3.2.3 mentions that the window tooltip displays the name of the window.  I would
add that the tooltip should *only* be displayed if the window title is not fully
visible (that is, it's truncated).  Otherwise, we display duplicate information
and it can be annoying.  

I also noticed that some of the NB windows (for example, Refactoring, HTTP
Monitor) do not have tooltips on the titlebar, but others (Runtime, Projects)
do.  This means that if the Refactoring window titlebar is too short to display
fully, the user has no way to figure out what the window is named unless they
expand it. (Individual window issues will be filed separately)
Comment 1 jrojcek 2005-08-17 08:43:05 UTC
Yes, we discussed this with Jeff and I agree with only showing tooltips if the title is truncated.
Comment 2 David Simonek 2008-10-22 10:05:53 UTC
yes, still valid.