more succinct labels

[Jeff Almasol]

personal preference here, but captions for fields (e.g., "What's the name of this toolbar?", "What JSX/JSXXBIN file do you want to run?", etc.) and dropdownlist options (e.g., "Type a short text label", "Pick from the icon library", etc.) are a bit wordy for me. i guess i'm used to more succinct labels, especially for ui that i might be using often, versus more conversational ui.

[Rafi Khan]

I struggled with this one a lot. It's hard to find something succinct and clear at the same time. Do you have any suggestions on copy?

[Jeff Almasol]

lemme work on some suggestions later tonight, and get back to you. i have a bunch of practice with this stuff in my day job -- lots of internal debates about suitable text strings for ui. :-)

[Jeff Almasol]

see related, too: https://bitbucket.org/khanyu/kbar/issues/71/inconsistent-wording-for-menu-item-option

[Jeff Almasol]

here's my initial stab at some revised labels. of course, feel free to ignore or adapt.

Add/Edit Toolbar dialog:

• "What is the name of this toolbar?" --> "Toolbar name"

Apply/Edit Effect dialog:

• "What effect should get applied?" --> "Effect name" or "Effect to apply"

Apply/Edit Preset dialog:

• "What presetfile do you want to run?" --> "Preset (.ffx) file" or "Preset (.ffx) file to apply"

Set/Edit Expression dialog:

• "What does this button do?" --> "Description of expression" or "Description"
• "Put your expression here" --> "Enter expression here" or "Expression"

Add/Edit Menu Item dialog:

• "What menu name or command id should get run?" --> "Menu command name or command id"

Add/Edit Script dialog:

• "What JSX/JSXBIN file do you want to run?" --> "Script (.jsx/.jsxbin) file" or "Script (.jsx/.jsxbin) file to run"

Add/Edit Scriptlet dialog:

• "What does this button do?" --> Description of scriptlet" or "Description"
• "Put your script here" --> "Enter scriptlet here" or "Scriptlet"

Icon dialog:

popup choices:

• "Type a short text label" --> "Text label"
• "Pick from the icon library" --> "Icon"
• "Pick a custom PNG/SVG file" --> "PNG/SVG"

labels:

• "Provide 1-8 Characters" --> "Text (1-8 characters)"
• "What Font Awesome icon do you want?" --> "Font Awesome icon name"
• "What PNG/SVG file do you want to use?" --> "PNG/SVG file name"

[Rafi Khan]

Resolved #80

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