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Information Elements

Tooltip​

Small information message for the user that appears on hover over the particular item.

Does the particular item have the tooltip or not is identified in the description for a particular action.

Photo tooltip​

The specific type of the tooltip: the tooltip appears when hovering over a person. It consists of the person's photo (profile picture), person's contact details and person's organisation unit.

Popover​

Popover is a small help message for the user which appears when user clicks on the "?" (question mark symbol) next to the field.

Help message​

There are several types of the help messages:

  • help message for the whole page:
    it is as a small "!" sign in the application header next to the system menu. Clicking on the sign redirects the user to the help page opened in the separate browser-tab;
  • help message for the particular form:
    The help message belongs to the form and contains the useful information about the form user is going to fill out.
  • help for a particular field in the form
    (see popover)

help message for the whole page:
help message for the particular form:

Notifications​

Notifications are small blocks of information that belong to a specific page or to a specific user action.

There are different types of notifications:

  • error notifications:
    is a warning message that notifies the user that something goes not as expected
    • error notification with exception:
      Warning message with additional link to the exception.
  • successful notifications:
    is a notification that informs the user that the action was successfully performed.
  • information notifications:
    message that contains additional useful information for the user for a particular action or triggered event.
    • hidden info notifications:
      Information notifications that are not shown on the page but in the header instead in order not to confuse the user (not to distract them from the main workflow).
  • System messages:
    informational messages created by system administrator. They are shown on the Home page.
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