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If a setting unit receives the focus, it highlights and a description explaining the purpose of the unit is shown. This is similar to how field descriptions are handled in a form - note however that in contrast to the latter, descriptions of setting units are not optional. In particular, they may not be replaced by a simple help page.
Notifications
If problems exist in one of the settings units due to missing or inaccurate values, the setup panel may emit notifications to inform the user.
In particular, right after the initial setup stage of Magnolia, any missing values which should be filled in, such as the default base URL or mail settings, will cause a system warning message to be shown. This message may be acknowledged and ends up in the list of system messages.
To ensure that such warnings are not lost in the stream of messages, the tab of the settings & tools work area as well as the menu entry leading to the setup panel shall both show a message light and labels. This is equal to how personal messages are treated by AdminCentral's main menu.
A settings unit itself also shows the warning using visual indicators such as a warning icon and background colors. This, in turn, is similar to how the vertical tabs of a single-page complex form show validation messages.
A user thus sees there's an issue in settings & tools, clicks its tab, sees that there's a warning in the setup panel, selects it and then immediately realizes which of the settings units are affected. Actual warning or error messages on the subsequent forms are presented using the mechanisms for showing form validation messages.
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