Re: [Discussion] How to display help informations on the Console

2010-06-17 Thread Donald Woods
Another choice for #7 would be to include/reuse index tags in the Docs (like #CreateDataSource) which the console could then launch a browser to a Google search of our geronimo.a.o domain, along with including the release tag (GMOxDoc22), so maybe the 2.2 doc search results would be first in the re

Re: [Discussion] How to display help informations on the Console

2010-06-16 Thread chi runhua
Thanks for the comments, please find my input inlines. On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Bill Stoddard wrote: > On 6/14/10 10:01 AM, Donald Woods wrote: > >> #1-3 are good usability improvements. >> >> Can we use Dojo for #4-6? Seems hover help would be the best option, as >> adding an example b

Re: [Discussion] How to display help informations on the Console

2010-06-14 Thread Bill Stoddard
On 6/14/10 10:01 AM, Donald Woods wrote: #1-3 are good usability improvements. Can we use Dojo for #4-6? Seems hover help would be the best option, as adding an example beside/below every field could require a lot of screen area and doesn't cover the cases for links (like Start/Stop/Restart/Del

Re: [Discussion] How to display help informations on the Console

2010-06-14 Thread Donald Woods
#1-3 are good usability improvements. Can we use Dojo for #4-6? Seems hover help would be the best option, as adding an example beside/below every field could require a lot of screen area and doesn't cover the cases for links (like Start/Stop/Restart/Delete). Also, the portlet help page shou

Re: [Discussion] How to display help informations on the Console

2010-06-13 Thread David Jencks
On Jun 13, 2010, at 1:53 AM, chi runhua wrote: > Hi devs, > > I noticed that there are 2 different styles to display help information on > the Admin Console: >a. Using help.jsp when coding and you can only see it after clicking > the question mark on the top-right corner of the portlet

[Discussion] How to display help informations on the Console

2010-06-13 Thread chi runhua
Hi devs, I noticed that there are 2 different styles to display help information on the Admin Console: a. Using help.jsp when coding and you can only see it after clicking the question mark on the top-right corner of the portlet, meanwhile, you lose the focus but can come back after another