MetaMask / MetaMask/metamask-extension

UX: Account identifier visibility pre-selection

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#5,564 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
area-navigation type-enhancement
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

When switching accounts there is no summary of the account identifier itself. Only user-defined name and balance in ETH.

My search for this information found a dead-end at the mouse-over tooltip in the "My Accounts" menu of the new UI. Here I hoped to see the shortened version of the account as a summary.

Without this information displayed a user would have to plan ahead and include some indicator of the identifier in the user-defined description. Alternatively they have to select the account before being able to see it.

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Research direction

Start with the new UI's "My Accounts" menu and the mouse-over tooltip described in the issue. Trace how accounts are summarized before selection, then make the shortened account identifier visible alongside the user-defined name and ETH balance; done means users can identify an account without selecting it.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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