Sunday, September 1, 2019

gui design - How to mark a tooltip-containing word in a paragraph?


I have a sentence in which one word has a tooltip. The data in the tooltip is supplemental and putting it into the main UI isn't required.


However, how can I mark the word to notify the user that it has a tooltip? I've tried marking the word with an underline and blue color, but it looks too much like a link (which it isn't).


Below is the image of what it looks like now:



Text with tooltip


Thanks!



Answer



A technique I use alot is to list out as many possibilities I could think of and then see which one pops out. I think the third one below is better than the others for me. Maybe a different icon, maybe a little smaller, but you get the point.


Tooltips


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