[xwiki-users] UI issue with highlighting of "horizontal tabs"

[Vincent Massol]

Hi Niels,

On Mar 1, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Niels Mayer wrote:

> Just wanted to note a UI annoyance. I'm not sure where this bug  
> actually belongs otherwise I'd file it...
> As in, I'm not sure if it's an underlying UI issue, a skin issue, or  
> specific to a particular page/class/panel.
>
> I'm running 1.3-rc-1.8082 on tomcat 5.5 (don't ask, i'm slow, it  
> works), x64 fedora 7 w/ latest patches, Sun AMD64 java 1.6...
> Viewing on windows in firefox 2.0.0.12 (localhost tunnel'd to linux  
> box via "\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe -L 80:localhost:80 -L 443:localhost:443  
> -L 3306:localhost:33
> 06 -L 8080:localhost:8080 npm at mylinuxserver "echo '^C to quit' ;  
> exec cat > /dev/null" ).
>
> (0) I blanked the database and loaded the complete XAR associated  
> with 1.3 rc1. I'm using the default installed skin,
> XWiki.DefaultSkin which has "toucan" base-skin.
>
> (1) I login as "Admin" and click "Administration" -- http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/admin/XWiki/XWikiPreferences
>
> (2) The horizontal tabs highlight, as I mouse-over them, and I click  
> as soon as they highlight, thinking it's a "button" ... and nothing
> happens. It's only when one mouses-over the text that the mouse- 
> sprite changes to indicate the tab is actually clickable.
>
> Resolution:"quick fix" for this is to not have the horizontal tab  
> highlight on mouseover (therefore seeming less like a button).
> Instead it should highlight on selection.
> Given what the highlighting should signify in this situation -- the  
> currently selected tab -- the existing behavior of highlighting on  
> mouseover is probably a bug,
>
> Highlighting on mouseover makes the user think the tab is a "button"  
> that is showing it is active. You click anywhere within the area
> of that button, expecting it to work. In reality, the only signal of  
> "activity' should be the mouse-sprite changing on mouse-over of the  
> text in the tab.

I wouldn't call this a bug. However I agree with you that it would be  
better to consider the whole tab as clickable rather than just the text.

Could you open a jira issue in the Toucan skin:
http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XSTOUCAN

Thanks
-Vincent

> -- Niels
> http://nielsmayer.com
>
> PS: other tabs, such as the "Choose editor" vertical tabs at http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/edit/XWiki/DefaultSkin?editor=object
> "do the right thing".... it's just the horizontal tabs that exhibit  
> the odd highlighting behavior.
>
>
>
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