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Tooltips
        yawitz edited this page Feb 27, 2015 
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    This page lists all in-product Tooltips, in table form. Still TBD: indicating the association between the tip and a given page element.
| Category | Element | State | Tip | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toolbar | ||||
| Logo | Return to home page | |||
| Logged-in User menu | View account information or log out | |||
| Ask a Question button | Disabled | You must be logged in to ask a question | ||
| Search Bar | ||||
| Search box | Enter search terms and advanced search expressions. (See Search Tips for help.) | |||
| Search Tips button | View tips for constructing advanced search expressions | |||
| Sidebar/Filters | ||||
| My Contributions checkbox | any | Constrain results to entries containg my contributions | ||
| Resolved checkbox | any | Constrain results to entries with accepted answers | ||
| From Date field | Constrain results to entries beginning on selected date | |||
| To Date field | Constrain results to entries ending on selected date | |||
| Date Histogram | Constrain results to selected dates. Drag to select a date range. | |||
| Tag Search box | Search all available tags | |||
| Tag (checkbox) | Constrain results to selected tag | For 8.0-1, this tooltip should apply to checkbox and label | ||
| Tag (other than checkbox) | Show tags related to this tag | Deferred until 8.0-2 | ||
| Related Tag | Perform new search for only this tag | Deferred until 8.0-2 | ||
| More Tags button | View all available tags | |||
| More Tags Dialog | ||||
| Tag Search box | Search for an available tag | |||
| Tag (checkbox) | Constrain results to selected tag | |||
| Count tab | Sort tags by count (most frequent first) | |||
| Name tab | Sort tags by name | |||
| Browse/Search List | ||||
| Relevance tab | Disabled | Must perform a search to sort by relevance | ||
| Relevance tab | Enabled | Sort results by relevance (most relevant first) | ||
| Newest tab | Sort results by time (most recent first) | |||
| Votes tab | Sort results by votes (highest total first) | |||
| Browse/Search List Item | ||||
| Question Title | View this question and all associated answers | |||
| QnA Doc Page | ||||
| Off-Site link | View this question on Stack Overflow (in a separate window) | |||
| Vote Buttons (Guest) | Disabled | You must be logged in to vote | ||
| Vote Up button | Enabled | Vote this up | ||
| Vote Down button | Enabled | Vote this down | ||
| Vote Up button | Disabled | You can not change your vote | ||
| Vote Down button | Disabled | You can not change your vote | ||
| Accept Answer button | Accept this answer | |||
| Common Elements (used in multiple places) | ||||
| Paging Control (all) NOTE: All pagination control tooltips are deferred until further notice, as per #480 (comment) | ||||
| Previous Page | Enabled | Previous page | ||
| Next Page | Enabled | Next page | ||
| Page Number | Go to page <n> | Replace <n> with page number | ||
| Page Ellipsis (…) | Go to page <n> | Replace <n> with the page shown when … is selected. (Paging control will show a new range of pages) | ||
| Posts (Questions/Answers/Comments) | ||||
| Assigned Tag chiclet | Perform new search for this tag | |||
| User Name (Local acct.) | View this user's account details | |||
| User Name (SampleStack acct.) | View this user's profile page on Stack Overflow (in a separate window) | |||
| Reputation | Reputation | |||
| Markdown Editor (for Ask and Answer) | ||||
| Bold button | Bold (Strong) | |||
| Italic button | Italic (Emphasis) | |||
| Heading button | Heading | |||
| Code button | Code Sample | |||
| Numbered List button | Numbered List | |||
| Bulleted List button | Bulleted List | |||
| Link button | Hyperlink | |||
| Image button | Image | |||
| Horizontal Rule button | Horizontal Rule | |||
| Undo button | Undo | |||
| Redo button | Redo |