Issue 118727 - Give a hint for the reason for a disabled UI-function/button in status-line
Summary: Give a hint for the reason for a disabled UI-function/button in status-line
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: ui
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.3
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P5 (lowest) Normal (vote)
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Reported: 2012-01-05 15:38 UTC by tommyads
Modified: 2013-02-13 16:56 UTC (History)
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Description tommyads 2012-01-05 15:38:48 UTC 
Proposal for usability:
it is very convenient for - especially not too experienced - users, if - whenever a function or a button in the UI is disabled and the user moves the mouse-pointer over the disabled button - the reason (or at least one of the reasons) for the nonavailability of the function can be read in the status-line at the bottom of the application.

The tooltip should show what the button does (i.e. its function), and the status-line should show one of the reasons whenever the button/function is disabled.

This design was invented by me and implemented in one of the programs I designed, which was very appreciated by the users.

The programming was quite easy: in the module for deciding whether to disable/enable the button, the reason is known, and there the hint is set.
Comment 1 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann 2012-06-13 12:31:42 UTC 
getting rid of value "enhancement" for field "severity".
For enhancement the field "issue type" shall be used.