[UI-REVIEW] Make statusbar information less verbose
Submitted by Lars Weber
Link to original bug (#130638)
Description
According to the HIG[1], the statusbar should be used to "display brief information about the status of the application". In addition, it shouldn't be relied upon for conveying important information to the user.
I think the information the statusbar of gucharmap currently displays when selecting a character can not exactly be described as "brief" ;)
What I would suggest is to display something like the following:
"NAME OF CHAR" selected
For example:
"LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S" selected
At a maximum I think that either the Unicode number or a comma separated list of alternative names could be appended in parentheses (not falling back to unicode if no alternative names are available in the latter case).
[1] http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/1.0/controls.html#controls-status-bars
Version: 1.2.x