Help Tags
What they are
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Some people call them Tool Tips. Apple calls them Help Tags. Whichever term you prefer, they're little bits of information that appear after a small delay when the cursor is held over an item. File Buddy uses them whenever they will enhance understanding or make users aware of options they might otherwise miss. |
File Buddy uses help tags to provide the following information:
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Names for buttons with icons. |
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Additional information about the nature of an item. |
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Describe special features of an editable text field. |
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Extended, or more detailed information than is currently displayed in a window. |
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Helpful tips. |
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Some items have no help tag associated with them, so if no help tag appears for a button, text field, or other interface element, it probably* means there is no help tag available for that item. |
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Mac OS 9 - As of v1.5, a bug in CarbonLib can cause help tags to not be displayed under certain circumstances. Currently the workaround it is to click anyhwhere in the window. This seems to get the tags for that window going again. |
Extended help
Some items most buttons in the file list window, for example have basic and expanded help tags. Press the key while viewing a help tag to access expanded tags. If there is no expanded help, the basic help will remain displayed.
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