Better Headerbar Tooltips
Description
Right now most apps don't provide good header bar button's tooltips - they often use icons-only buttons or use unusual descriptions which can make it harder to understand what action a button might trigger.
This initiative is only about header bar buttons' tooltips, trying to improve all tooltips apps use would be out of scope.
Goals
- Add tooltips to all header bar buttons if not present
- Apply the current design guidelines to existing tooltips
Scope
- Core Apps
- Circle Apps
- Development Tools
People on charge & contact
- Felipe Kinoshita (@fkinoshita)
List of projects & tasks
Apps should only be checked off if all the changes are in place and correct
Unchecked apps with no sub items weren't tested yet
Core Apps
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Calculator gnome-calculator!132 (merged) -
Calendar gnome-calendar!283 (merged) -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Characters -
Cheese -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Clocks -
Connections -
no tooltips at all connections!138 (closed)
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Console -
Contacts -
contact menu using "More Contact Actions", could use "Contact Menu" gnome-contacts!250 (merged)
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Disk Usage Analyzer baobab!54 (merged) -
Disks -
drive menu using "Drive options", could use "Drive Menu" -
primary menu using "Application Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Document Scanner -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Document Viewer -
tooltips not using header capitalization -
document menu using "File options", could use "Document Menu"
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Extensions -
no tooltips at all
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Files -
show sidebar button not using header capitalization nautilus!1127 (merged)
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Fonts -
Help -
includes shortcuts in tooltips -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Image Viewer -
tooltips not using header capitalization -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Logs -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu" gnome-logs!55 (closed)
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Maps -
Music -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Photos -
no tooltips on most buttons of "image view" page -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Settings gnome-control-center!1668 (merged) -
no tooltips at all
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Software -
no tooltips at all
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System Monitor -
no tooltips at all
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Text Editor -
includes shortcuts in tooltips
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Tour -
Videos -
no tooltips at all
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Weather -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu" gnome-weather!136 (closed)
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Web -
tooltips not using header capitalization -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Circle Apps
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Amberol -
Apostrophe -
open and save buttons don't have tooltips -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Audio Sharing -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Authenticator -
back button using "Go Back" instead of "Back" Authenticator!245 -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Blanket blanket!288 -
play/pause button doesn't have tooltip -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Boatswain -
profiles and omnibar buttons don't have tooltips -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Cartridges -
Chess Clock -
primary menu using "Primary Menu", should use "Main Menu" chess-clock!11
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Citations -
citation page menu could specify the item to which the menu applies. e.g "Citation Menu"
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Clairvoyant -
Collision -
open button using "Open...", should use "Select a File" -
hash and verify buttons don't have tooltips -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Commit Commit!91 -
abort and commit buttons not using header capitalization -
welcome window primary menu doesn't have a tooltip
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Cozy -
tooltips not using header capitalization -
back button doesn't have a tooltip -
primary menu using "Options", should use "Main Menu"
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Curtail -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Decoder -
Déjà Dup Backups -
Dialect dialect!319 -
language selector buttons don't have tooltips -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu" -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Drawing -
open and save buttons don't have tooltips -
fullscreen banner close button doesn't have a tooltip -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Elastic -
Emblem -
Eyedropper -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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File Shredder raider!100 -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Font Downloader -
no tooltips at all
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Fragments -
Gaphor -
open model and profile buttons don't have tooltips -
primary menu on welcome page has no tooltip, should use "Main Menu" -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Health -
Identity -
Junction Junction!112 -
primary menu (in app and in dialog) with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Khronos -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Komikku -
manga page menu could specify the item to which the menu applies. e.g "Manga Menu" -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Kooha -
Lorem -
Metadata Cleaner -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Metronome -
play button doesn't have a tooltip -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Mousai Mousai!83 -
back buttons using "Go Back", should use "Back" -
primary menu using "Open Main Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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NewsFlash -
tooltips not using header capitalization -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Obfuscate -
Pika Backup -
Plots -
tooltips not using header capitalization -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Podcasts -
Polari -
tooltips not using header capitalization -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Secrets secrets!761 -
entry page menu could specify the item to which the menu applies. e.g "Entry Menu"
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Share Preview commit -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Shortwave shortwave!469 -
search button using "Open Search", should use "Search" -
back button using "Go Back", should use "Back" -
primary menu using "Open Application Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Solanum -
Tangram Tangram!254 -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu" -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Telegraph -
Text Pieces -
Video Trimmer video-trimmer!20 -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Warp -
Webfont Kit Generator commit -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu" -
back button on generated page doesn't have a tooltip
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Wike -
back and forward button don't have tooltips -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Workbench Workbench!259 -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu" -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Zap
Development Tools
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App Icon Preview app-icon-preview!91 -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu" -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Boxes -
no tooltips at all
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Builder -
left most button doesn't have a tooltip -
back button using "Go Back" instead of "Back" -
primary menu using "Open Application Menu", should use "Main Menu" -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Color Palette palette!22 -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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Contrast -
background color and foreground color buttons don't have tooltips contrast!29
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D-Spy -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Dconf Editor -
Devhelp -
Icon Library -
Symbolic Preview symbolic-preview!10 -
export button doesn't have a tooltip -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu" -
tooltips not using header capitalization
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Sysprof -
primary menu with no tooltip, should use "Main Menu"
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Typography typography!16 -
primary menu using "Menu", should use "Main Menu"
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I could not test some apps with their latest versions, let me know if some of these issues are already fixed.
How can I help
- Helping maintainers implement the goals.
Edited by Felipe Kinoshita