Re: Tooltips and menus

[Bill Wohler]

Leon <address@hidden> writes:

> Display tooptips in minibuffer would be nice:-)

This would break de-facto usability guidelines.

The minibuffer should not be used for functions that are initiated by
the mouse. If you mouse over an item, you get a tooltip, not text in
the minibuffer. If you select a menu item which requires input, you
get a popup, not a question in the minibuffer.

The reason for this is that the user is looking at the mouse, not the
minibuffer.

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