[Patternfly] tooltip visual indicator

Serena Doyle sdoyle at redhat.com
Wed Jul 20 16:05:03 UTC 2016


Greg,

PatternFly has a Field Level Help pattern [1] which seems to be inline with
your 2nd option.  The Field Level Help pattern also shows a cursor change,
which I don't see in your second example.

Do you think that this pattern would meet your requirements?

Thanks,
- Serena

[1]
http://www.patternfly.org/pattern-library/forms-and-controls/field-level-help/


On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Greg Sheremeta <gshereme at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Re: [1], tooltips.
>
> Prior to PatternFly, we had feature requests for visual indicators for
> tooltips -- something to show the user they can hover and get more
> information. Please see attached screenshots for examples of ways we handle
> this in oVirt. We're actually currently split on two designs, and looking
> for guidance from you as we proceed to implement PatternFly more closely in
> oVirt.
>
> Attachment 1 shows how we use a blue (?) icon.
> Attachment 2 shows how we underline the field name / description with a
> dotted line.
> Attachment 3 shows that in tables (data grids), in column headers that are
> only icons, we currently underline (and have a request to not underline).
>
> So, in any of the above use cases, as well as any others, does PatternFly
> have anything to say about visual indicators for tooltips? In the reference
> doc [1], I didn't see anything mentioning indicators, so I wanted to ask
> the list. Thanks!
>
> Best wishes,
> Greg
>
>
> [1] http://www.patternfly.org/pattern-library/widgets/#tooltip
>
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> Red Hat, Inc.
> Sr. Software Engineer
> gshereme at redhat.com
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