Move contextual tips labels away from the normal window subtitle - Githubissues

maoschanz / drawing

Simple image editor for Linux

https://maoschanz.github.io/drawing/

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Move contextual tips labels away from the normal window subtitle #567

Open maoschanz opened 1 year ago

maoschanz commented 1 year ago

Use case

the window subtitle currently covers several use cases:

displaying an explicit confirmation of what the current tool is (shape/pencil/etc)
and of its main options (rectangle/dashed/etc.)
and contextual help for this tool (click on some button to apply whatever)
and contextual tips for this tool (press some modifier to toggle some option)

this is not very accessible, as screenreaders are confused by the periodic change

as a user i know it changes, but it's still a pain to wait to have the label i'm looking for

Suggested solution

near the tool options' popover (or the minimap?), there should be a help popover, for AT LEAST the tips

the button already exists for a handful of tools, but it directly opens the manual

Possible drawbacks

such a popover has to be hidden on mobile

but mobile user couldn't read long subtitles anyway lol so not a real drawback

Possible alternatives

no