Re: xfce4 tooltips
On Mon, 5 Dec 2022, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:44:33 +0000
> fxkl47BF@protonmail.com wrote:
>
>> i upgraded to bullseye
>> xfce4 is 4.16
>> how do i get rid of tooltips
>> i can get rid of some but not all
>
> You didn't say how you got rid of some of the tooltips, so I'll guess
> here.
>
> This is after a bit of searching on the Internet. I have not
> experimented with any of this.
>
> XFCE is in the process of moving from GTK 2 to GTK 3. Also, some GTK
> programs outside of XFCE are GTK 2, others GTK 3. This situation will
> probably continue for years.
>
> The solution for GTK 2 is well known.
> https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/advanced I will guess that that is
> how you got rid of some of them.
>
> GTK 3, not so well known, but there are some things you can try.
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=232019
>
>
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some like desktop and launcher have tooltip settings that can be disabled
most plugins have no settings and adding properties like disable-tooltips or show-tooltips have no effect
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