[TYPO3-core] RFC #15990: Introduce a new CSH API function and make use of it in TCEforms

Susanne Moog info at susannemoog.de
Fri Oct 15 12:14:46 CEST 2010


On 14.10.2010 17:34, Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> this is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Branches: trunk only
> 
> BT reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=15990
> 
> Type: UI improvement / feature
> 
> Description:
> The Usability and Design team decided in July to get rid of the hundreds
> of help icons in the TYPO3 Backend. instead, the right labels should be
> underlined (with dots) and act as a tooltip.
> 
> For this, a new BEfunc function wrapInHelp wraps the help around a text,
> which can now be used in all the placed in the core.
> 
> Also, the patch removes the option to show fulltext help, help icons or
> no help, as it is now shown all the time.
> 
> Additionally, we make use of it in TCEforms, but the rest of the icons
> are replaced in a separate RFC. Yes, it's not perfect, as it's a CSS
> solution right now and hovering over the titles will make it hard to
> reach the real input field.
> 
> Once this is in, the next steps are:
> - Make ExtJS tooltips out of this, so we have proper hovering (only show
> help if hovered over it longer than 200ms)
> - Remove as many icons in core as possible and replace it by hovered

+1 by reading and testing

s.


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