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[Benn Oshrin <>]

Your version looks better. I did the quickest thing possible and meant 
to kick it to you to fix :)

Thanks,

-Benn-

On 6/30/16 10:58 AM, Arlen Johnson wrote:
> In reference to the minor issue:
> CO-597: Really Long URLs Mess Up Top Bar
> https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/CO-597
>
> The problem is that really long IDs disrupted the top bar rendering.
> Benn took the sensible step of making the ID a tooltip when hovering
> over the user name (e.g. "Arlen Johnson" below).
>
> But because the name also produces a drop-down menu, the tooltip is a
> little confusing.  I think an improvement to this would be to a) not
> reveal the ID at all here or b) reveal the ID to the left of the name,
> visible only when hovering over the name.  Like so:
>
> The ID would be absolutely positioned so that no part of the upper bar
> would be disrupted when it appears other than covering up items under
> it, such as the Platform menu.  While covering up the Platform menu
> isn't best, it will reappear when no longer hovering on the name or ID.
>
> The behavior will closely associate the id with the name due to
> proximity and styling, and hovering over either (while the ID is
> visible) will maintain the user drop-down menu.
>
> If we had a user account preferences page, I'd suggest just showing the
> ID there (but we don't have that :-).
>
> Again, this is a minor issue, but I wanted to get your opinions before I
> changed it.
>
> Arlen