Asset Browser/File Browser: Add display name tooltip to tile view #104693

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Adds the filename as a tooltip to the tile view tiles in the filebrowser/asset browser.

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File Browser
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Adds the filename as a tooltip to the tile view tiles in the filebrowser/asset browser. New behaviour: Asset Browser ![image](/attachments/d529e24d-8b40-4dc3-aec8-dbf70af913e3) File Browser ![image](/attachments/9647f56f-da05-4a6f-9424-02c24db40d77)
Angus Stanton added 2 commits 2023-02-13 13:28:40 +01:00
Brecht Van Lommel added this to the User Interface project 2023-02-13 19:00:06 +01:00
Angus Stanton added 1 commit 2023-02-17 14:50:04 +01:00
Brecht Van Lommel requested review from Harley Acheson 2023-03-10 13:14:24 +01:00
Brecht Van Lommel requested review from Julian Eisel 2023-03-10 13:14:24 +01:00
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I'm not certain that I like this particular fix for this problem. In the normal case it looks redundant, and seems less informative than the tooltip hint we get while in list view.

If you try something like this instead...

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c
index ab29413be22..7271cbc80b0 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c
@@ -325,20 +325,21 @@ static void file_add_preview_drag_but(const SpaceFile *sfile,
                         drag_rect.ymin,
                         BLI_rcti_size_x(&drag_rect),
                         BLI_rcti_size_y(&drag_rect),
                         NULL,
                         0.0,
                         0.0,
                         0,
                         0,
                         NULL);
   file_but_enable_drag(but, sfile, file, path, preview_image, icon, scale);
+  UI_but_func_tooltip_set(but, file_draw_tooltip_func, BLI_strdup(path), MEM_freeN);
 }
 
 static void file_draw_preview(const FileDirEntry *file,
                               const rcti *tile_draw_rect,
                               const float icon_aspect,
                               ImBuf *imb,
                               const int icon,
                               FileLayout *layout,
                               const bool is_icon,
                               const bool dimmed,

Then you get the long name, but you also get the path - which is especially important if you are in Thumbnail view with recursion on. And it then matches the same tooltip you get off the icon in list view.

I'm not certain that I like this particular fix for this problem. In the normal case it looks redundant, and seems less informative than the tooltip hint we get while in list view. If you try something like this instead... ```Diff diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c index ab29413be22..7271cbc80b0 100644 --- a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c +++ b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.c @@ -325,20 +325,21 @@ static void file_add_preview_drag_but(const SpaceFile *sfile, drag_rect.ymin, BLI_rcti_size_x(&drag_rect), BLI_rcti_size_y(&drag_rect), NULL, 0.0, 0.0, 0, 0, NULL); file_but_enable_drag(but, sfile, file, path, preview_image, icon, scale); + UI_but_func_tooltip_set(but, file_draw_tooltip_func, BLI_strdup(path), MEM_freeN); } static void file_draw_preview(const FileDirEntry *file, const rcti *tile_draw_rect, const float icon_aspect, ImBuf *imb, const int icon, FileLayout *layout, const bool is_icon, const bool dimmed, ``` Then you get the long name, but you also get the path - which is especially important if you are in Thumbnail view with recursion on. And it then matches the same tooltip you get off the icon in list view.
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I think we should put a bit more effort into tooltips for assets. They could show more metadata, maybe even the full size preview. Not sure about showing the full library path for assets, it looks a bit weird/overwhelming to me: Screenshot from 2023-03-15 16-22-03.png Arguably, the name is the important part, the path is secondary. I rather show them separately.

I think something like this would be a decent start: Screenshot from 2023-03-15 16-37-21.png The tooltip callback can create a string containing \n characters for manual line breaks.

(I'm also a bit worried about showing the path in the tooltip for the essentials asset library. We really shouldn't expose this internal path that prominently - but we already do in the sidebar.)

I think we should put a bit more effort into tooltips for assets. They could show more metadata, maybe even the full size preview. Not sure about showing the full library path for assets, it looks a bit weird/overwhelming to me: ![Screenshot from 2023-03-15 16-22-03.png](/attachments/628f4368-7dda-4960-9935-f38f94c23496) Arguably, the name is the important part, the path is secondary. I rather show them separately. I think something like this would be a decent start: ![Screenshot from 2023-03-15 16-37-21.png](/attachments/433480aa-7ddd-4fee-b640-73f10b9d173b) The tooltip callback can create a string containing `\n` characters for manual line breaks. (I'm also a bit worried about showing the path in the tooltip for the essentials asset library. We really shouldn't expose this internal path that prominently - but we already do in the sidebar.)
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@ab_stanton - I've added a PR which does similar to this one, making tooltip hints for Asset and File Browser items. #106189

@ab_stanton - I've added a PR which does similar to this one, making tooltip hints for Asset and File Browser items. https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/106189
Angus Stanton closed this pull request 2023-05-01 18:47:23 +02:00

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