[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/feature-requests/16 Item 16] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 20:12:11

Just as the title says: Some icons in the base-menu and
the combat-screen would really be improved by some
tooltips to describe some of the (not so obvious)
functions behind them.

Werner
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====== btaxis (2006-03-09 08:20:32) ======

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I concur.
====== tlh2000 (2006-03-13 08:03:54) ======

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The function is implemented - use the tooltip command in the
menu*.ufo-files

example:
--------snip---------
pic
{
[..]
tooltip "This is the tooltip"
[..]
}
-----------snap-----------
====== hoehrer (2006-03-14 17:11:24) ======

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Ok, i've started tooltip-ing menu_geoscape and menu_bases,
but i think the code isn't in anonymous svn yet is it? ..
Because it doesn't work here yet.

I've attached the tooltips i've added (english).

Speaking of language: How will other languages be supported
in the menues?

Werner
====== nobody (2006-03-14 17:27:02) ======

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the other languages needs the tooltip string as msgid in
their po-files - then they are translated automatically

but this leads to another problem

how to mark the string as beeing translateable and
automatically added to cataloge files? the same is for the
ufopedia string and so on.
====== hoehrer (2006-03-14 18:55:15) ======

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If you can automatically check the string and then decide if
it's translateable i would suggest adding something like
"_GETTEXT_short_but_unique_name_of_the text" instead of the
full text. So you can recognize the text by the _GETTEXT_
and translate it with an po file.
But since i do not know how gettext works this is just
speculation.


BTW: I tested the most recent svn (221) and the tooltips
aren't drawn here either :-/

Werner

====== hoehrer (2006-03-14 20:08:48) ======

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Ugh, i dunno why i always reset the staus to "open" ...
fixed again to "pending".

Werner
====== hoehrer (2006-03-14 21:08:26) ======

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Ugh, i dunno why i always reset the staus to "open" ...
fixed again to "pending".

Werner
====== hoehrer (2006-03-22 19:11:17) ======

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Today i've added alot of missing tooltips. Attached you'll
find the diff for them (tooltips_02.diff).

Werner

BTW: see the Patch-tracker for the inventary-highlights.
Added a patch there as well