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Title text (tooltip/hovertext) shows on unrelated parts of the page

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GitHub issue:


At the top of the posts list, the total number of posts is shown on the left. Hovering the mouse pointer over this number shows the title text. This is currently set to be the same number as is already showing, so perhaps it would be more useful to set it to some additional information instead. This is set to the full number, which is useful as the number of posts is abbreviated. For example, 1234 shows as 1.2k.

The title text also appears if the mouse pointer is hovered over any point at that height on the page, all the way over to the sorting order buttons on the right. The area in which the title text can be triggered seems to stop at the right hand side of the grey line that passes underneath the number of posts and the sorting buttons.

The sorting buttons each have their own title text which overrides this behaviour, but the Subscribe button does not, so hovering over the Subscribe button shows a number rather than a meaningful message.

The images below show the various places that hovering the mouse pointer leads to the same title text.

Hovering over the number of posts Hovering over the Subscribe button Hovering over the empty space to the right of the Subscribe button Hovering over the empty space to the left of the sorting buttons Hovering over the empty space to the right of the sorting buttons

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That's not a bug, it's a feature (3 comments)
That's not a bug, it's a feature
manassehkatz‭ wrote 10 months ago

Showing the number in mouseover is quite useful as the displayed number is rounded - e.g., 1.1k for 1063.

trichoplax‭ wrote 10 months ago · edited 10 months ago

Thanks for the explanation. I appreciate the difference. The bug is not that there is title text, but that the title text is applied to the container instead of the element. It just needs to be made more specific.

Hovering over "1.1k" and seeing "1063" makes perfect sense.

Hovering near the sorting buttons on the other side of the screen and seeing "1063" is confusing.

I added a similar example to yours to the linked GitHub issue so whoever works on it won't be tempted to remove the title text altogether.

trichoplax‭ wrote 10 months ago

I should have reread my 9 month old post before responding to your comment. I've now spotted my earlier misunderstanding and edited to reflect your comment.

I raised the GitHub issue earlier today, with my current understanding, and forgot that my understanding 9 months ago when I wrote this post was incorrect.