Re: disable tooltips in etch
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 02:48:10 -0600
"Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:
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> In the bottom panel, there is a window list, and tooltips continue to
> be displayed when the mouse moves over the buttons of the window
> list. The window list is displayed by the "window_list_applet". It
> appears to me that the remaining tooltips are being displayed by the
> window list applet.
>
> Regrettably, the tooltips displayed by the window list applet are the
> most obnoxious of all, for they hide the minibuffer of XEmacs, as well
> as the bottom line of X-terminal -- the active line being used for
> input.
Yes, that is irritating.
>
> The window list applet may be added to the panel in the same manner
> other applets are added to the panels: right-click on the panel to
> bring up a menu and select "Add to panel". However, unlike other
> applets which, when right-clicked, display a menu which includes
> "remove from panel", the window list applet has no obvious means of
> removal.
If you right-click on the left edge of the "window list" applet
(immediately to the right of the "show desktop" button in the default
configuration), you'll get the menu you need.
>
> While some aspects of the window list applet can be customized by the
> Configuration Editor, display of the tooltip is not one of them. This
> oversight needs to be submitted as a bug of at least moderate
> severity.
>
> RLH
>
>
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