Useless ToolTips in the property Inspector

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 5/10/05 11:10 PM, "Alex Tweedly" <alex at tweedly.net> wrote:

>> Just a note:
>> 
>> - for label field in property inspector I point check boxes.
>> 
>> I point 
>> 
>>    Locked Text and see tooltip  "Locked Text"
>> 
>> I point 
>> 
>>    Don't Wrap and see tooltip  "Don't wrap"
>> 
>> 
>> IMHO this is useless help.
>>  
>> 
> There is a preference setting (Edit / Preferences / General) for
>    Property Labels
> to be either
>    Description of option
> or
>   Name of Transcript property.
> 
> Whichever one is chosen, the tooltip shows the other one - so I see
>    Lock Text   and tooltip is    lockText
>   autoTab       and tooltip is    Tab on return
> etc.
> 
> They are often similar - but I don't see them exactly the same.  You
> might want to try changing the preference and see if it settles back to
> showing one or other ...

I see, but even in such

>    Lock Text   and tooltip is    lockText

Tooltip show tell me WHAT this option do.

Assume I do not know that is Lock Text (and I do not know now :-)
So tooltip do not help me.


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