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What's the standard term for the behavior of the little (i) icons and tool tip that shows next to a [message #252661]

Sat, 29 March 2008 11:51

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nospam_kowalskilee.gmail.com

Hi,

My apologies in advance if this is "old hat". I've just not run across
this before in the Eclipse windows that I normally use.

I am using Eclipse 3.4 M5 and just noticed in the Add a new CVS
Repository that there's this little blue (i) icon next to the Host
field. And when you hover over it, you get a tool tip with info.

Is there a standard term to refer to this combination of the blue (i)
icon and tool tip behavior? Is it under the UA umbrella, or something else?

I think it's a rather neat feature, and when I demo it to others, I'd
like to know what terms to use to talk about it. :-)

Thanks!
Lee Anne

Re: What's the standard term for the behavior of the little (i) icons and tool tip that shows next t [message #252665 is a reply to message #252661]

Sat, 29 March 2008 13:21

Eclipse User

Lee Anne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My apologies in advance if this is "old hat". I've just not run across
> this before in the Eclipse windows that I normally use.
>
> I am using Eclipse 3.4 M5 and just noticed in the Add a new CVS
> Repository that there's this little blue (i) icon next to the Host
> field. And when you hover over it, you get a tool tip with info.
>
> Is there a standard term to refer to this combination of the blue (i)
> icon and tool tip behavior? Is it under the UA umbrella, or something else?
>
> I think it's a rather neat feature, and when I demo it to others, I'd
> like to know what terms to use to talk about it. :-)
>
> Thanks!
> Lee Anne
Hi Lee Anne. Are you referring to Label Decorations (Help/Workbench User
Guide/Concepts)? For example, the CVS Label Decorations are documented
in Help/Workbench User Guide/Reference/Team support with CVS. Hope this
helps. Mark

Re: What's the standard term for the behavior of the little (i) icons and tool tip that shows next t [message #252788 is a reply to message #252665]

Mon, 31 March 2008 15:53

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: nospam_kowalskilee.gmail.com

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the pointer! I'm not sure (yet) if these are the same as the
Label Decorations. The info you provided is great because it gives me a
place to see if it is the same thing. :-)

Thanks again,
Lee Anne

Mark Dexter wrote:

> Hi Lee Anne. Are you referring to Label Decorations (Help/Workbench User
> Guide/Concepts)? For example, the CVS Label Decorations are documented
> in Help/Workbench User Guide/Reference/Team support with CVS. Hope this
> helps. Mark

Re: What's the standard term for the behavior of the little (i) icons and tool tip that shows next t [message #252997 is a reply to message #252788]

Wed, 02 April 2008 18:47

Eclipse User

You may want to investigate org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist.ControlDecoration
and org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist.FieldDecorationRegistry

HTH
Darins
http://runnerwhocodes.blogspot.com

"Lee Anne" <nospam_kowalskilee@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fsrfa2$cv9$1@build.eclipse.org...
> Hi Mark,
>
> Thanks for the pointer! I'm not sure (yet) if these are the same as the
> Label Decorations. The info you provided is great because it gives me a
> place to see if it is the same thing. :-)
>
> Thanks again,
> Lee Anne
>
> Mark Dexter wrote:
>
>> Hi Lee Anne. Are you referring to Label Decorations (Help/Workbench User
>> Guide/Concepts)? For example, the CVS Label Decorations are documented in
>> Help/Workbench User Guide/Reference/Team support with CVS. Hope this
>> helps. Mark

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