Re: [patch] Shows titles for disabled buttons on hover

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Sarah McAlear <smcalear(at)pivotal(dot)io>
Cc: Joao Pedro De Almeida Pereira <jpereira(at)pivotal(dot)io>, pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [patch] Shows titles for disabled buttons on hover
Date: 2017-03-20 10:33:53
Message-ID: CA+OCxoyZh+YxAnuocUZr9vXNLKkcb1Eo3KAdtGxbP9UFz7cCwg@mail.gmail.com
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Thanks, patch applied!

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Sarah McAlear <smcalear(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Here's a new patch that applies to all the buttons.
>
> Thanks,
> Joao and Sarah
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 4:06 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Joao Pedro De Almeida Pereira
>> <jpereira(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
>> > Hello Dave,
>> >
>> > We were looking into this request and we found at least one location
>> > where
>> > the Hover does not make sense when it is disabled (the stylized "i' in
>> > the
>> > lower left of dialogs, which has the alt-text "SQL help for this object
>> > type".)
>>
>> I think that's debatable. When enabled, that's exactly what the button
>> would do. I don't think it's any different from other buttons that are
>> disabled because they don't apply in some circumstances.
>>
>> > Could this patch be pulled in, as the buttons for which this does not
>> > apply
>> > feel out of scope?
>>
>> Even if we ignore my comment about about the SQL help button, my
>> earlier comments still apply. Consistency is fundamental to user
>> comprehension and learning of a UI - we should not have some disabled
>> buttons that don't display their tooltips and others that do.
>>
>> --
>> Dave Page
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>>
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>
>

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