[Xfce4-commits] <xfce4-weather-plugin:master> Summary: Fix tooltip alignment issues.

[Harald Judt]

Updating branch refs/heads/master
         to 6520008723ced0944a61154b46ededb31e579bee (commit)
       from 39a968167d81c2620c04a5ec0782988ceea400e5 (commit)

commit 6520008723ced0944a61154b46ededb31e579bee
Author: Harald Judt <h.judt at gmx.at>
Date:   Tue Jan 22 13:34:57 2013 +0100

    Summary: Fix tooltip alignment issues.
    
    Instead of using tabs for alignment, which is hard to do and unreliable,
    force monospace font for the tooltips. This way, the values can be
    aligned much easier using spaces.

 panel-plugin/weather-summary.c |   65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/panel-plugin/weather-summary.c b/panel-plugin/weather-summary.c
index 9dea769..5d833fd 100644
--- a/panel-plugin/weather-summary.c
+++ b/panel-plugin/weather-summary.c
@@ -576,36 +576,73 @@ forecast_cell_get_tooltip_text(plugin_data *data,
     gchar *result, *value;
     const gchar *unit;
 
-    /* TRANSLATORS: Please use \t as needed to properly align the values */
+    /* TRANSLATORS: Please use spaces as needed or desired to properly
+       align the values; Monospace font is enforced with <tt> tags for
+       alignment, and the text is enclosed in <small> tags because
+       that looks much better and saves space.
+     */
     text = g_string_new(_("<b>Times used for calculations</b>\n"));
     value = format_date(fcdata->start, NULL, TRUE);
-    g_string_append_printf(text, _("Interval start:\t\t\t%s\n"), value);
+    g_string_append_printf(text, _("<tt><small>"
+                                   "Interval start:       %s"
+                                   "</small></tt>\n"),
+                           value);
     g_free(value);
     value = format_date(fcdata->end, NULL, TRUE);
-    g_string_append_printf(text, _("Interval end:\t\t\t%s\n"), value);
+    g_string_append_printf(text, _("<tt><small>"
+                                   "Interval end:         %s"
+                                   "</small></tt>\n"),
+                           value);
     g_free(value);
     value = format_date(fcdata->point, NULL, TRUE);
-    g_string_append_printf(text, _("Data calculated for:\t%s\n\n"), value);
+    g_string_append_printf(text, _("<tt><small>"
+                                   "Data calculated for:  %s"
+                                   "</small></tt>\n\n"),
+                           value);
     g_free(value);
 
     g_string_append(text, _("<b>Temperatures</b>\n"));
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Dew point:\t\t\t%s%s%s\n"), DEWPOINT);
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Apparent temperature:\t%s%s%s\n\n"),
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Dew point:            %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n"),
+                        DEWPOINT);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Apparent temperature: %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n\n"),
                         APPARENT_TEMPERATURE);
 
     g_string_append(text, _("<b>Atmosphere</b>\n"));
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Barometric pressure:\t%s%s%s\n"), PRESSURE);
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Relative humidity:\t\t%s%s%s\n\n"), HUMIDITY);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Barometric pressure:  %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n"),
+                        PRESSURE);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Relative humidity:    %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n\n"),
+                        HUMIDITY);
 
     g_string_append(text, _("<b>Precipitations</b>\n"));
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Amount:\t\t%s%s%s\n\n"), PRECIPITATIONS);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Amount:        %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n\n"),
+                        PRECIPITATIONS);
 
     g_string_append(text, _("<b>Clouds</b>\n"));
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Fog:\t\t\t%s%s%s\n"), FOG);
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Low clouds:\t\t%s%s%s\n"), CLOUDS_LOW);
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Middle clouds:\t%s%s%s\n"), CLOUDS_MID);
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("High clouds:\t\t%s%s%s\n"), CLOUDS_HIGH);
-    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("Cloudiness:\t\t%s%s%s"), CLOUDINESS);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Fog:           %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n"), FOG);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Low clouds:    %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n"), CLOUDS_LOW);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Middle clouds: %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n"), CLOUDS_MID);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "High clouds:   %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>\n"), CLOUDS_HIGH);
+    APPEND_TOOLTIP_ITEM(_("<tt><small>"
+                          "Cloudiness:    %s%s%s"
+                          "</small></tt>"), CLOUDINESS);
 
     /* Free GString only and return its character data */
     result = text->str;