Say what kind of WMS URL verification you are asking for

[jidanni]

When entering a new WMS source, you will see

4. Verify Generated WMS URL

1. The user looks for a button to push to "verify" it. But there is none.
2. So perhaps there should be a mouseover "Does the URL look good to you?" or something, else the user won't be clear about what you are asking him to do.

[jidanni]

​http://learnosm.org/en/josm/josm-adding-imagery/ seems to say that the idea is to visually compare the upper box with the lower box.
Fine. I have no opinion.
But do say that is the intention, via a mouseover.

[Don-vip]

Seems clear enough to me. Feel free to improve the wiki.

[Klumbumbus]

I see potential to reduce 4 tranlation strings by excluding the numbers and WMS/TMS from the strings.

Currently we have:

        add(new JLabel(tr("1. Enter URL")), GBC.eol());
        add(new JLabel(tr("2. Enter maximum zoom (optional)")), GBC.eol());
        add(new JLabel(tr("3. Verify generated TMS URL")), GBC.eol());
        add(new JLabel(tr("4. Enter name for this layer")), GBC.eol());
        
        add(new JLabel(tr("1. Enter service URL")), GBC.eol());
        add(new JLabel(tr("2. Select layers")), GBC.eol());
        add(new JLabel(tr("3. Select image format")), GBC.eol());
        wmsInstruction = new JLabel(tr("4. Verify generated WMS URL"));
        add(new JLabel(tr("5. Enter name for this layer")), GBC.eol());
        
        add(new JLabel(tr("1. Enter getCapabilities URL")), GBC.eol());
        add(new JLabel(tr("2. Enter name for this layer")), GBC.eol());

It could be e.g.

        add(new JLabel(tr("{0} Verify generated {1} URL", "3.", "TMS")), GBC.eol());

However I'm not sure if this creates problems in other languages, which use other signs than 1,2,3... for numbers. Anyone knows?

[Don-vip]

I think it's ok to keep "1." for numbers.

[jidanni]

OK. You confirm the idea is to visually compare the upper box with the lower box.

However if I add that to the wiki, people would say "Well, isn't it a computer program? Can't it compare strings better than I can visually? What if there is a comma in the top box, but a period in the lower box, what are the chances my eye will catch that amongst such long strings?"

[Klumbumbus]

Non advanced users can verify that JOSM generated an URL after all and then proceed. Advanced users can edit the final WMS URL in this box if they wish.

[jidanni]

OK. You might want to add a tooltip to that extent.
Otherwise one wouldn't know one could edit it.

[jidanni]

Because it is called "verify".

[Klumbumbus]

In 13591/josm:

fix #15939 - improve adding TMS/WMS/WMTS dialog texts, reduce translated strings by 4, add hint to check permission