Bug 357703 - Wording of "Workspace Behavior, Show Informational Tips" ambiguous
Summary: Wording of "Workspace Behavior, Show Informational Tips" ambiguous
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.7.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR task
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Reported: 2016-01-08 17:11 UTC by Raman Gupta
Modified: 2019-10-04 08:46 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 5.12.0
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bhush94: Usability?


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Description Raman Gupta 2016-01-08 17:11:13 UTC
When hovering over the digital clock it is supposed to show a popup dialog with the time in the additional time zones selected. It does nothing.

No errors are shown in .xsession-errors during the hover.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. However over the digital clock.
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
Show popup
Comment 1 Martin Klapetek 2016-01-08 17:20:17 UTC
Thanks for the report

Do you get any popups anywhere in Plasma?
Comment 2 Raman Gupta 2016-01-08 17:38:05 UTC
Actually come to think of it, no I don't think so. For example, my taskbar has "hover tooltips" set, and those are not showing either.

However, all the click-triggered popups work just fine e.g. the k-menu, clicking on the clock shows the calendar, etc.
Comment 3 Martin Klapetek 2016-01-08 17:42:24 UTC
Ok; do you use multi-screen setup?
Comment 4 Raman Gupta 2016-01-08 17:47:25 UTC
(In reply to Martin Klapetek from comment #3)
> Ok; do you use multi-screen setup?

Yes. Three monitors.
Comment 5 Martin Klapetek 2016-01-08 18:12:19 UTC
Ok, can you also please check

System Settings -> Workspace/Desktop Behaviour -> Workspace/Workspace Behaviour -> Show Informational Tips

..if that is enabled?
Comment 6 Raman Gupta 2016-01-08 18:20:51 UTC
(In reply to Martin Klapetek from comment #5)
> System Settings -> Workspace/Desktop Behaviour -> Workspace/Workspace
> Behaviour -> Show Informational Tips

Ah, well that fixed it.

I remember turning that off because the wording sounded like it was tutorial-type stuff like when one is first starting to learn KDE ("tips"). I didn't notice any immediate difference from turning it off so I left it off and subsequently forgot about it.

I guess "informational tips" is supposed to be a nicer way to say "tooltips" but "tips" as a separate word means something other than what tooltip means.

Some additional explanation in that dialog about what "informational tips" are would be useful.
Comment 7 Raman Gupta 2016-01-08 18:24:38 UTC
And: why would *anyone* want to turn that off anyway?? i.e. why is that even an option?
Comment 8 Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-01-08 18:40:44 UTC
I guess because Plasma Tooltips can be annoying. ok, seriously, I think we should kill that KCM, there's just this one option in it anyway...