Feature Request -- Add tooltip on hover for the textboxes and their labels

[David Alayachew]

Ty vm @Hannes Wallnoefer <hannes.wallnoefer at oracle.com>, the jbs issue
looks great.

On Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 11:30 AM Hannes Wallnoefer <
hannes.wallnoefer at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hello David,
>
> Sorry for the late reply. I think your suggestion makes sense. Another
> element that could benefit from tooltips are the links in the breadcrumbs
> navigation.
>
> I’ve filed an issue for this: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8373526
>
> Hannes
>
>
> On 22.11.2025, at 22:02, David Alayachew <davidalayachew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello @javadoc-dev at openjdk.org <javadoc-dev at openjdk.org>,
>
> I have poor vision, which means I constantly have the scale set to a high
> percentage on my screen. Furthermore, I use Windows Magnifier (press
> WindowsKey simultaneously with "+" or "-" to try it out yourself!) to zoom
> in further, if the OS and browser zoom is not enough. Browser zoom tends to
> break most websites, so that's usually my last resort.
>
> Most of the Javadoc page either has word wrap or scroll bars to accomodate
> me, which are acceptable compromises.
>
> However, the 2 textboxes on the top right (Search documentation) and top
> left (Filter contents) tend to be cut off, such that their directions
> ("type /"and "type .", respectively) are not visible or cut off for me.
>
> In order to read them, I have to zoom my browser all the way out, then
> zoom my Windows Magnifier all the way in, causing me to mess up my presets,
> making things very inconvenient.
>
> Could we add tooltips to both text boxes, such that, on hover, they show,
> via tooltip, the directions? I'm fine if the tooltip is only active if the
> directions are cut off, like they are for me.
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration.
> David Alayachew
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/javadoc-dev/attachments/20251212/0463336c/attachment.htm>