103588 - better default tooltip for linktoolbar items

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 102972

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Tim 'Tool-Man' Taylor]

The items in the link toolbar should have better default tooltip text when the
TITLE attribute isn't specified on the LINK.  Currently, the URL is used for the
tooltip.  I propose each button get a more helpful default tooltip, such as:

Top: "Site homepage or topmost page"
Up: "One level up from this page"
Next: "Next in this series of pages"

But with better wording than what I've come up with :)

Furthermore, tooltips should be displayed when the item is disabled.  Assuming
tooltips like I proposed above, the disabled tooltip may need differnet wording.
 For example:

Next: "Next in a series of pages"

Comment 1

[Christopher Hoess (gone)]

Can we specify multiple types of tooltips conditionally in XUL?  (I think this
is feasible once we XBLize, though.)  cc'ing mpt for UI input.

Comment 2

[Tim 'Tool-Man' Taylor]

What I described is possible with JavaScript.  We're already doing "conditional"
tooltips: no tooltip when disabled, URL as default, or TITLE if specified.

Comment 3

[Christopher Hoess (gone)]

Sounds good.  We'll probably need the spec to write them properly, though.  I'm
working on it as fast as I can...

Comment 4

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102972 ***

Comment 5

[Claudius Gayle]

VERIFIED Dupe