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Key: CAY-424
Summary: Tooltips for all toolbar buttons in Modeler
Type: Improvement
Status: Assigned
Priority: Minor
Project: Cayenne
Components:
CayenneModeler GUI
Versions:
1.2 [DEV]
Assignee: Andrus Adamchik
Reporter: Paul Furbacher
Created: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:24 AM
Updated: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:24 AM
Environment: Windows XP (rather irrelevant, though), JDK 1.5.03_b07 (that which ships with JBuilder 2006; also irrelevant to this case)
Description:
Tooltips may be annoying for the seasoned user of any application, but are helpful to newcomers. And, since in a number of places Cayenne Modeler uses tooltips, it would seem to be of some value to implement tooltips for all of the toolbar buttons, and in general, any CayenneAction (or subclass thereof).
To effect this improvement, the following small changes need to be made to org.objectstyle.cayenne.modeler.util.CayenneAction:
1. Constructor enhancements:instead of offering just the single two argument constructor, do the following:
/**
* Creates a named CayenneAction.
*/
public CayenneAction(String name, Application application) {
this(name, application, name);
}
/**
* Creates a named CayenneAction.
*/
public CayenneAction(String name, Application application, String longDescription) {
super(name);
super.putValue(Action.DEFAULT, name);
this.application = application;
Icon icon = createIcon();
if (icon != null) {
super.putValue(Action.SMALL_ICON, icon);
}
KeyStroke accelerator = getAcceleratorKey();
if (accelerator != null) {
super.putValue(Action.ACCELERATOR_KEY, accelerator);
}
if ( longDescription != null && longDescription.length() > 0 ) {
super.putValue(Action.LONG_DESCRIPTION, longDescription);
}
setEnabled(false);
}
That is, move the actual construction to a new three parameter
constructor, adding the longDescription parameter as show. The
Action.LONG_DESCRIPTION value is used later on to assign text to the button's tooltip text.
2. Assign tooltip text: in the constructor for the nested class "CayenneAction.CayenneToolbarButton", enhance the constructor to
read as follows:
/**
* Constructor for CayenneMenuItem.
*/
public CayenneToolbarButton(Action a) {
super();
setAction(a);
setToolTipText((String)a.getValue(Action.LONG_DESCRIPTION));
}
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