[Proposal] Idea for better help boxes

[Harshdeep Singh]

Introduction:

Tool tips are bad UX! Not only do users have to hover over the label, there is no obvious signal (indicator) that you can learn more about a property from its tool-tip.

We can improve this using help-boxes. However, help boxes consume a fixed size relative to their content length. This is a problem since help boxes always visible, which is desirable in the case of errors, but not in the case of passive information like you’d put in a tool-tip.

We can solve this using odin’s feature-set by creating dynamic help-boxes and messages using value resolvers. However, that is a lot of work. It is also a more general solution.

It is a common idea that you can improve a solution by increasing its specificity.

Proposal:

I noticed Photon Fusion uses these very nice help boxes that you can enable/disable with a button.

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1. Help indicator is obvious.
2. No extra space occupied when disabled.
3. Allows multiple help tips to be visible at once (cross-referencing tips).

On top of that, it looks great.

If we can have a simple attribute with a similar functionality, it should be a good addition to Sirenix’s inspector attribute toolbox. Say, ToggleTipAttribute.