[kde-guidelines] Styleguide: Tool-tips

[Heiko Tietze]

Am Donnerstag, 4. Juli 2013, 13:30:19 schrieb David Edmundson:
> Would you call the hovering over an icon in SystemSettings a "tooltip" ?
It's an infotip in contrast to simple, single line hints. The distinction 
makes sense when using different methods like property for hints/tooltips and 
special controls or calls for info-tips.

>With regards to "static" I've heard one designer say "if a button is
>disabled your tooltip should say why", which I think makes a lot of sense.
Imagine such an interface that is controlled by hints, because if you show the 
reason for the disabled button you can do all other stuff as well in this way. 
Horrible! 
Whether a control is enabled or not should be clear from the workflow, the 
placement of controls, and if really neccessary by means of static text. 
With variable tooltips one need always to check if devs have placed some 
easter egg there.