atom/github

Tooltips for Git and GitHub buttons in status bar

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#1,774 opened on Oct 31, 2018

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Description

While conducting a user interview yesterday, @kuychaco pointed out that there are no tooltips for the Git and GitHub buttons in the status bar. The branch management button also does not have a hover tooltip (the menu is itself a tooltip, but ehh, that's more of an implementation detail.)

Tooltips that trigger on hover might help users understand what these buttons do before they click and or improve discoverability. Or they might just annoy our users and take up valuable screen real estate. Seems worth investigating.

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Atom's UI componentsBasic JavaScriptHTML fundamentals
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
Investigate the status bar view component in the atom/github package, likely in lib/views/status bar view.coffee or similar. Look for existing tooltip implementations in other parts of the Atom editor to follow conventions. Add title attributes or use Atom's tooltip service to display helpful text on hover for each Git and GitHub status bar button.
Tooltips for Git and GitHub buttons in status bar · atom/github#1774 | Good First Issue