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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Suggestion: Make "WhatsThis" 100% complete for next release
From:       Michael Brade <brade () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-02-17 20:15:40
Message-ID: 200402172115.41512.brade () kde ! org
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On Saturday 14 February 2004 14:18, Dr. Juergen Pfennig wrote:
> Suggestion: could some smart GUI guru modify the behavior of dialogs so
> that the "what is this" disappears automatically if no tool-tip is
> registered?
Hmm, but this means as soon as there is one tool-tip in the dialog, all 
"What's this" will be enabled. I'd rather suggest a modification to change 
the mouse cursor after clicking on the "?" according to the hovered widget: 
if there is a tooltip, show the "?" next to the cursor, if not, show the "?" 
stroke out or similar.

Or, as a second possibility, after clicking the "?" disable all GUI elements 
in the dialog/app that do not have a tooltip. On first sight it will thus be 
clear where to click.

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