2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 65592d89..aef3ffcc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- add tooltip to status column (mga#7962)
+
 Version 6.23 - 7 October 2016, Thierry Vignaud
 
 - prevent copying Left-to-right_mark (mga#18569)
diff --git a/rpmdrake b/rpmdrake
index 05573ce3..43b53793 100755
--- a/rpmdrake
+++ b/rpmdrake
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ sub run_treeview_dialog {
         );
     $rdr->set_fixed_size(34, 24);
     $pixcolumn->set_sort_column_id($pkg_columns{state});
+    $pixcolumn->get_button->set_tooltip_markup(
+	join("\n", N("The icon shows the package status:"),
+	     N("A green icon means the package is installed"),
+	     N("A blue icon means this is an update for an installed package"),
+	     N("A red stop sign means the package cannot be removed"), # " as it's part of base system"
+	     N("An orange icon with a down arrow means this package has been selected to be installed"),
+	     N("A red icon with an up arrow means this package has been selected to be uninstalled")
+	));
 
     compute_main_window_size($w);