User Interface Specification:
Erroneous Code Tooltips
Author: Christopher Le
Dantec
Last Updated:
November 13, 2003
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Introduction
When erroneous code is typed into the editor it is underlined with red to
indicate that there is an error. Along with the underline a badge is added
to the editor gutter that indicates an error in the line. When the user mouse
hovers over the gutter badge a tooltip is displayed with the error information.
This error tooltip will be added so that when the user hovers over the erroneous
code in the editor the error tooltip is shown.
Detailed Spec
The content of the tooltip and its behavior is no different than what is already
present for the error tooltips shown for the error badge in the gutter. The
only change to the feature is to enable it on code underlined as erroneous
in the editor.
Special Case: When there are multiple tooltips for a given piece of code the
error tooltip is shown by itself first. This behavior is based on the assumption
that the highest priority for the user is to resolve any errors before continuing
on with their coding task.
