[Feature idea] More informative tooltips.

[MisterMaker]

Linkstage already has the option to add gifs, and it works. Now we only need a gazzilion gifs.

[paddle]

Gif would be very explanatory and great but they would weight a lot if we have a lot of gifs.

And they need a lot of time to do. Besides they would need to be redone everytime a tool changes.

[MisterMaker]

You can still add text instead of a gif with an image, but gifs sre as my opinion easier to make than some text. It's also doesn't need a translation.
With programs like sharex (*for windows) you can very quickly and very easily make a gif.

[chrisb]

It's also doesn't need a translation.

Yes and no. If the GUI is translated, gifs can/should/must show the translated GUI as well.

[Kartoffelpüre]

I stumbled upon this thread. May a suggestion. Could that may be create together with the Wiki?

If you have a wiki page for a feature you may, could create a wiki template that contain a short description of a feature.

That way, Wiki user could enhance and translate Feature descriptions them self. With a closer work with the wiki you may are also able to add help links into feature and also to the tooltip that leads directly to the wiki page.

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[Kartoffelpüre]

What do you think about my suggestion?

[paddle]

You mean that clicking the tooltip would open a browser tab of the wiki? Or that the tooltip would fetch the first paragraph of the wiki automatically ?
The ? button on taskboxes is an interesting idea.

[Kartoffelpüre]

I propose to use it offline. Mark all paragraphs inside the wiki that match the requirement for being a Tooltip text.
I would say that the Wiki need a task that permanently export all the paragraphs into a file that the Freecad compiler could handle to integrate it.

The Question Mark instead should Link to the Wiki.

example:

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<div id="Tooltip">
<span id="Description"></span>
== Beschreibung ==

Das Werkzeug [[Image:PartDesign_Chamfer.svg|24px]] '''PartDesign Fase''' erzeugt Fasen (Abschrägungen) an den ausgewählten Kanten eines Objekts. Es fügt dem Dokument ein '''Chamfer'''-Objekt und den dazugehörigen Repräsentanten in der [[Tree_view/de|Baumansicht]] hinzu. 
<div>

I assume there is an Initial work that has to be done to auto-detect and mark already existing Descriptions.

[Kartoffelpüre]

Found a description for Template system for Mediawiki
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates

I assume that this could be used.

[Roy_043]

The Question Mark instead should Link to the Wiki.

It already can. See Preferences_Editor#Help