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Originally Posted by KevinH
All clips insert something into CodeView as that is their function. So the first time a new user clicks on any clip "something" will be inserted. And they will click on it without understanding. Do you suggest it be something small and almost impossible to find without a Checkpoint being made prior, or something larger that obviously is not part of the book text text that can be found with any quick proof read?
Maybe we remove the word Help from it? But I am not sure. A clip's tooltip is always its contents so people can see it in advance. So when you remove that clip people will have no idea what clips are or how the work, since they never bother to read the Users Guide before editing their book.
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When hovering over items in the Clips View, the tool tips can be/ are useful. But in Code View, there are no tool tips when you hover over an item in the right click menu.
My objection is that Sigil's behaviour of dropping the contents of help into the current document when the user clicks on help runs counter to the general practice in all other software. I, at least, have never encountered this behaviour in any other software.
I suggest simply removing any mention of help from the right-click dropdown in Code View. After all, if a user is puzzled about how something works, there is a 'Help' item on the main menu bar which will provide the expected action of taking him to the User Guide.