"Additional information here..." hint text confusing

Bug #1251199 reported by Julie Pichon
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OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon)
Fix Released
Low
Alejandro Emanuel Paredes

Bug Description

In the forms to update or create Images, the description field contains "Additional information here..." which isn't particular clear (it sounds like you should click there to see more information) and is causing inaccurate translations.

t might be better to change it to something like "Enter additional information here...", "Enter description...", something starting with the word "Enter" to clarify the call for action.

Julie Pichon (jpichon)
Changed in horizon:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Zhenguo Niu (niu-zglinux) wrote :

Agree, we should be more clear here.

Changed in horizon:
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Zhenguo Niu (niu-zglinux)
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Akihiro Motoki (amotoki) wrote :

IMO, this hint text actually does not provide information so much and I wonder why it is needed.
In addition, I am not sure why this help text is shown with different mechanism from other form fields.

I think simply removing this help text is a possible option.

Changed in horizon:
assignee: Zhenguo Niu (niu-zglinux) → nobody
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Julie Pichon (jpichon) wrote :

Removing it sounds like a reasonable solution as well. If people can figure out how to fill in the other fields, I'm sure they can figure out what goes under 'Description' too :-)

Changed in horizon:
assignee: nobody → alejandro emanuel paredes (alejandro-e-paredes)
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Alejandro Emanuel Paredes (alejandro-e-paredes) wrote :

The "Additional information here..." message is shown on every form that has a description field. It is used as and example of what could be added on that field. We can also find it in Create Volume and Create Security Group...
I think that we should apply the same change to every placeholder that uses it to maintain consistency on every description field.
Also, this message it treated as an example placeholder message like: Create An Image -> Image Location or Manage Volume Attachments -> Device Name, but as it is just a description I'm agree on remove it.
I'll do it and commit the changes...

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OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack) wrote : Fix proposed to horizon (master)

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/57737

Changed in horizon:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack) wrote : Fix merged to horizon (master)

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/57737
Committed: http://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/79b0df3a69f67ba6938566a3bc4f5b96ffa1fe60
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 79b0df3a69f67ba6938566a3bc4f5b96ffa1fe60
Author: Alejandro Emanuel Paredes <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Nov 21 13:49:43 2013 -0500

    Remove confusing text from description form

    In the forms to update or create Images, the description
    field contains "Additional information here..."
    which isn't particular clear (it sounds like you should
    click there to see more information) and is causing
    inaccurate translations.
    This hint text actually does not provide any information,
    comparing with other fields.
    Removing it.

    Change-Id: I4c223a2b995aaa73f9cfcca56516baaaf1c72831
    Closes-Bug: #1251199

Changed in horizon:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Changed in horizon:
milestone: none → icehouse-1
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Changed in horizon:
milestone: icehouse-1 → 2014.1
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