Header, Footer dialog: Tooltip pops up even when you hover over a grey area.

• Oct 15, 2018 - 14:16
Reported version
3.0
Priority
P1 - High
Type
Ergonomical (UX)
Frequency
Once
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore

Win 10 / MN 3.0-dev, c07ed54

From the menu, chose Format > Style > Header, Footer. Notice that the tooltip pops up even when hovering over a grey area. It should only appear over a text field.

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• Dec 4, 2018 - 09:00
Severity S4 - Minor ⇒ S3 - Major
Type Functional ⇒ Ergonomical (UX)
Frequency ⇒ Once
Priority ⇒ P1 - High
Regression ⇒ No
Reproducibility ⇒ Always
Workaround ⇒ No

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• Dec 4, 2018 - 09:13

I'd think the opposite would be better, tooltip shows on the gray area but not on the input field, to not cover what you want to enter there?

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• Nov 15, 2023 - 11:16

I would suggest to transform the tooltip into something else entirely, e.g. a label within a fold-away widget below the header/footer input group.

While the tooltip content is useful, using a tooltip has a few drawbacks: it is not obvious to discover by new users, and the tooltip disappears after a few seconds (on a Mac, at least).

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