[PATCH] Allow hints for custom fields in tickets

[pkou <pkou at ua.fm>]

Custom fields often require additional explanations for developers. It is possible to resolve this problem by adding popups that will appear when user points mouse over a custom field.

Attached patch provides a solution for this problem:

• In trac.ini, new property field.hint can be used;
• In generated HTML, hints are implemented using HTML title attribute.

[pkou <pkou at ua.fm>]

Patch for the changes

[pkou <pkou at ua.fm>]

Note that TracTicketsCustom needs to be edited when this ticket is closed.

[sid]

See also #925 and #1748.

[cboos]

Feel free to implement earlier...

[cboos]

0.12 I meant (i.e. not necessarily for 0.11, but why not if done part of the workflow changes...)

[rblank]

Patch against trunk adding optional hints to custom ticket fields

[rblank]

The patch above adds the .hint option to custom ticket fields, and if present, adds a title attribute to the control corresponding to the field. Radio buttons are grouped in a <span> to set the title for all at once.

[rblank]

I forgot to update the unit tests. Here's the complete patch.

[rblank]

Complete patch including unit tests

[osimons]

I like the idea of hints - they are useful. However, I'm very unsure about adding features for custom fields until we have an idea about what the future holds for fields in general (0.13+ seems to have field refactoring on the agenda):

• We would then have hints for custom fields, but not for regular fields.
• 0.12 translates labels for regular fields, but not custom fields.
• Hints (as all help) should be translatable in some way...

[rblank]

Re-scheduling for 0.13, as this could be in the way of i18n.