IMPROVEMENT: Component editor add text explaining usage.

MethodicConfigurator/frontend_tkinter_component_editor_base.py

@@ -69,16 +69,22 @@ def __init__(self, version, local_filesystem: LocalFilesystem=None):
 
         self.entry_widgets = {} # Dictionary for entry widgets
 
-        self.main_frame = ttk.Frame(self.root)
-        self.main_frame.pack(side=tk.TOP, fill="x", expand=False, pady=(4, 0)) # Pack the frame at the top of the window
+        main_frame = ttk.Frame(self.root)
+        main_frame.pack(side=tk.TOP, fill="x", expand=False, pady=(4, 0)) # Pack the frame at the top of the window
+
+        explanation_text = "Please configure ALL vehicle component properties in this window.\n"
+        explanation_text += "Scroll down and make sure you do not miss a property.\n"
+        explanation_text += "Saving the result will write to the vehicle_components.json file."
+        explanation_label = tk.Label(main_frame, text=explanation_text, wraplength=800, justify=tk.LEFT)
+        explanation_label.pack(side=tk.LEFT, padx=(10, 10), pady=(10, 0), anchor=tk.NW)
 
         # Load the vehicle image and scale it down to image_height pixels in height
         if local_filesystem.vehicle_image_exists():
-            image_label = self.put_image_in_label(self.main_frame, local_filesystem.vehicle_image_filepath(), 100)
+            image_label = self.put_image_in_label(main_frame, local_filesystem.vehicle_image_filepath(), 100)
             image_label.pack(side=tk.RIGHT, anchor=tk.NE, padx=(4, 4), pady=(4, 0))
             show_tooltip(image_label, "Replace the vehicle.jpg file in the vehicle directory to change the vehicle image.")
         else:
-            image_label = tk.Label(self.main_frame, text="No vehicle.jpg image file found on the vehicle directory.")
+            image_label = tk.Label(main_frame, text="No vehicle.jpg image file found on the vehicle directory.")
             image_label.pack(side=tk.RIGHT, anchor=tk.NE, padx=(4, 4), pady=(4, 0))
 
         self.scroll_frame = ScrollFrame(self.root)