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Adding tooltip to menus, etc. #9141

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Originally created by @KongNan on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024).

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v3.7

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Proposed functionality

Adding tooltip to menus. See the screenshot and description below:

GMail's: image

Moodle's: image

Use case

In order to better reflect the real world, netbox uses many different terms (OR "classes"), which may not be easy for new users to understand the meaning at first sight, and this affects the ease of use to some extent.

NetBox gives many examples of these classes in the demo, and explains them well in the documentation, and even draws some relationship diagrams, all of which can effectively help users to understand.

Further, it would be nice to have a tooltip that allows the user to find the entry point they need in the menu at a glance. You can refer to the top tab in Gmail inbox and Moodle.

(btw: there are many tools/techniques available. For example, html title, css, bootstrap, even django's own, just choose what you want).

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Originally created by @KongNan on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024). ### NetBox version v3.7 ### Feature type Change to existing functionality ### Proposed functionality Adding tooltip to menus. See the screenshot and description below: GMail's: ![image](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/assets/5051591/36a21435-28c7-4491-be5d-fa7235cd0549) Moodle's: ![image](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/assets/5051591/57d4b526-39fa-4dfa-89e9-6b087551ec14) ### Use case In order to better reflect the real world, netbox uses many different terms (OR "classes"), which may not be easy for new users to understand the meaning at first sight, and this affects the ease of use to some extent. NetBox gives many examples of these classes in the demo, and explains them well in the documentation, and even draws some relationship diagrams, all of which can effectively help users to understand. Further, it would be nice to have a tooltip that allows the user to find the entry point they need in the menu at a glance. You can refer to the top tab in Gmail inbox and Moodle. (btw: there are many tools/techniques available. For example, html title, css, bootstrap, even django's own, just choose what you want). ### Database changes _No response_ ### External dependencies /
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adam commented 2025-12-29 20:46:10 +01:00
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@jeffgdotorg commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024):

Hi @KongNan, and thanks for your interest in helping improve NetBox! I appreciate you providing concrete examples in the form of screenshots.

I'm closing this issue as "not planned" for two reasons:

  1. We already have an established pattern for integrating links to the docs in the NetBox UI; there's a "Help" button at the top right of every interface for adding a new object. Adding tooltips to the menus feels redundant with that existing, perfectly adequate access to help.
  2. We're also currently under a fairly strict freeze where UI changes are concerned, ahead of reviewing our overall UX picture over the course of the next few releases.
@jeffgdotorg commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024): Hi @KongNan, and thanks for your interest in helping improve NetBox! I appreciate you providing concrete examples in the form of screenshots. I'm closing this issue as "not planned" for two reasons: 1. We already have an established pattern for integrating links to the docs in the NetBox UI; there's a "Help" button at the top right of every interface for adding a new object. Adding tooltips to the menus feels redundant with that existing, perfectly adequate access to help. 2. We're also currently under a fairly strict freeze where UI changes are concerned, ahead of reviewing our overall UX picture over the course of the next few releases.
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