Forum: Inkscape language problem

Hi,

if I put the cursor over one of inkscapes tool-icons, a line pops up, 
that
describes the function of the tool.
I would like to know, how this sort of pop-up-line is called in english.

In only one of this pop-up-lines I found also the keyboard shortcut for
the tool (shift-F2).
I would like to ask the devellopers to put the keyboard-shortcut in the
pop-up-line of every tool.

It would help a lot to all the people who don't use inkscape every day.


Thanks,  Hago

On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 10:36 +0200, Hago Ziegler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> if I put the cursor over one of inkscapes tool-icons, a line pops up, that  
> describes the function of the tool.
> I would like to know, how this sort of pop-up-line is called in english.

Tooltip: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooltip

> In only one of this pop-up-lines I found also the keyboard shortcut for  
> the tool (shift-F2).
> I would like to ask the devellopers to put the keyboard-shortcut in the  
> pop-up-line of every tool.

I thought at one time they were all there. I heard this request several
times at LGM. We should make sure they are put back.

> It would help a lot to all the people who don't use inkscape every day.

Definitely!

        Tav

Tavmjong Bah wrote:
>> In only one of this pop-up-lines I found also the keyboard shortcut for  
>> the tool (shift-F2).
>> I would like to ask the devellopers to put the keyboard-shortcut in the  
>> pop-up-line of every tool.
> 
> I thought at one time they were all there. I heard this request several
> times at LGM. We should make sure they are put back.

I've had a look at it right after LGM and for someone who knows how to
get the current keybinding it shouldn't be too difficult. If you look in
verbs(.cpp|.h) there is a get_tip method that looks like the perfect
candidate to inject the current keybinding.