Re: GTK+ what is a popover?

[Piotr Drąg <piotrdrag gmail com>]

2014-02-23 14:57 GMT+01:00 Fòram na Gàidhlig <fios foramnagaidhlig net>:
> I am stuck trying to translate the word popover, because I have no idea what
> it means. I'm leaving it in English for now.
>
> Web search only gives me definitions à la "light, hollow roll made from an
> egg batter similar to that of Yorkshire pudding, typically baked in muffin
> tins or dedicated popover pans, which have straight-walled sides rather than
> angled." *lol*
>
> Has anybody had any inspiration for this so far, and what do the things look
> like?

It is a kind of a menu, like a dropdown menu that can contain other
widgets, but more "transient" in nature. It can look like this:

http://blogs.gnome.org/pbor/files/2014/02/popover.png

http://blogs.gnome.org/pbor/files/2014/02/switcher.png

But having said that, I have no idea how to translate it into my
language and I will probably leave it in English.

Hope that helps a bit,

-- 
Piotr Drąg
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