# What is meant by the default Dashboard gramplet tooltip?

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 13, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-is-meant-by-the-default-dashboard-gramplet-tooltip/9982 "2026-09-13T15:06:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-is-meant-by-the-default-dashboard-gramplet-tooltip/9982/1 "2026-09-13T15:06:59Z")

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The default rollover tool tip for a Gramplet added to the Dashboard is:  
`Drag Properties Button to move and click it for setup`

What does this tooltip mean? It seems more likely to confuse new users than help.

 ![General Tooltip](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/b/b2f3fadc1419a50bf6d2ae6563127bfa1d350369.png)

 ![tooltip for Document with wrench icon](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/9/91246c11738d3f0aaa10b8ea171320fdac9d62a9.png)

 ![tooltip for - icon](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/9/9900ecf07d5165d43df0ce01388658c9c33e38a1.png)

 ![tooltip for x icon](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/6/6a46437d1a661af17653de62db3a6a7e63dbb106.png)

The `Properties` button is not a standard identifier known to Users from other GUIs. (In the `libgtk` icons, this `actions` icon is `document-properties`. In the Adwaita theme, the icon is named `document-properties-symbolic`.) Nor does the button’s tooltip identify it by that name.  
So a ‘tip’ naming **Properties Button** is not edifying.

And `click it for setup` is simply wrong. A click detaches/undocks the gramplet. It does not open the View Configuration to the tab for the gramplet.

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**Author:** ![dsblank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/dsblank/32/3649_2.png) [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-is-meant-by-the-default-dashboard-gramplet-tooltip/9982/2 "2026-09-13T16:42:12Z")

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This would be better served as a issue ticket in the bug tracker. Otherwise this is ephemeral whispering into the wind.

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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-is-meant-by-the-default-dashboard-gramplet-tooltip/9982/3 "2026-09-13T16:54:00Z")

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This is the public discussion of phrasing that preceeds the filing of a concrete change request.

Merely posting a “phrasing is wrong” would just force the volunteer programmer to guess at new phrasing. (My suggestions might be bad guesses too.)

And if the new phrasing still wasn’t newbie-friendly, there’s a high likelihood that the volunteer will disagree and insist that end-users will understand. Then insist on field testing it, grow frustrated when it goes to several rounds of revision suggestions, and finally get to a “screw it, it is good enough and I’m done” stage.

So let’s go through the endless refinements here rather than in coding PRs.

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**Author:** ![dsblank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/dsblank/32/3649_2.png) [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-is-meant-by-the-default-dashboard-gramplet-tooltip/9982/4 "2026-09-13T17:00:46Z")

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I wrote all of that, tool tips, icon selection, etc. many years ago. When you make a ticket, assign it to me.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-is-meant-by-the-default-dashboard-gramplet-tooltip/9982/5 "2026-10-13T17:01:19Z")

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