Add a Tooltip with the user's name for the user's avatar in the new "Forums" layout
By Inspire Theme LTD on Saturday, 30 July 2016
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Hey guys,

The title says everything.
The new "Forums" layout is great, but from a UX point of view, there should be a tooltip with the user's name when you hover on the user's avatar. Have a look at the attached screenshot so you know what I'm talking about.

I believe that you will agree with this. Currently, there's no way to know which user has opened the discussion or which user has replied last. If the user has uploaded an avatar image it is a little bit better, but as you already know, most of the users do not bother to upload a profile image.

This should be implemented for all new "Forums" layouts. I mean it should be implemented for the default "Forums" layout where you see all other categories, and it should be implemented in the layout of a particular category. Basically, it should be implemented everywhere where you have this layout with the users avatar for "Posted by" and "Last Reply".

If you do not want to change the current behavior, then you can easily add this as an option (with "if/else") and then show this option in one of the tabs under "Layout" in the Admin (see the second screenshot).

I don't want to implement this myself because I really do not want to create template overrides (and then monitor them) just for that one improvement.

Thanks in advance!
Hey guys,

What I'm basically asking for is to edit just one file - com_easydiscuss/themes/wireframe/user.avatar.php

You can completely remove the conditions (the "if" statement) in the following code, but then the Tooltip on the user avatar will show in other places as well (like "Recent", "Messages", "Discussion", etc.):

        <?php if (!$popbox && !$this->config->get('integration_easysocial_popbox')) { ?>

        data-ed-provide="tooltip"

        data-placement="top"

        title="<?php echo $user->getName($defaultName);?>"

        <?php } ?>


So it will be best to just adjust the "if" statement to check if the current view is "Forums" or "Categories"
Inspire Theme LTD
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Monday, 01 August 2016 06:40
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Hey there,

I am sorry for the delay of this reply,

It would be best if you can submit a request regarding this in our voice page -> http://stackideas.com/voices/easydiscuss, so everyone else could vote for it, the more people request on this, and we will priority consider it.

By the way, thanks for your input
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 01 August 2016 11:42
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Hi Arlex,

I really do not understand why somebody should vote for this, honestly!

First, implementing this takes less than 1 minute and second, it will not affect the default behavior especially if you add it as an option in the Admin (I don't think that such option is needed in the Admin but it is up-to-you).

And third... why the hell don't you want to implement something that will make your software better, something that you have already implemented in your own support forums. Please click the previous link, please do it as it is a video, please watch the video.

Can't you just discuss this with Mark and add it in the next version of ED4.x? Once again, it takes less than 1 minute to implement it, it does not change the default behavior, it does not cause any backward compatibility issues and..... it makes your software better in terms of usability and accessibility!
Inspire Theme LTD
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Monday, 01 August 2016 16:02
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We are really appreciated with your opinions and feedback, I will discuss with our team and consider implement this in the future version.
Arlex Wong
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Tuesday, 02 August 2016 22:00
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Thank you Arlex!
I really hope that you will implement this for 4.0.8 as I cannot wait another month or two.

As you probably remember, the only working "EasyDiscuss for OSMap" plugin that I have is for ED4.x so I need to update.
Inspire Theme LTD
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Tuesday, 02 August 2016 22:12
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You're welcome.
Arlex Wong
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Wednesday, 03 August 2016 17:13
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