location of popup helpers question

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 28 September 2009 11:28:22 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 28 September 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >On Sunday 27 September 2009 22:42:55 Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> Greetings;
> >>
> >> I have one rather exasperating function I wish I could either turn off,
> >> or relocate.
> >>
> >> It's in kmail, the little "helpful" (not) gizmo that pops up if you
> >> leave the mouse sitting on an icon.  It is useful for some things, but I
> >> have kmail setup with the message list pane left of the message pane,
> >> which puts the messages panes subject line not too far below the icons
> >> along the top of the main window.
> >>
> >> And when it pops up, it takes about a minute for it to go way, during
> >> which time the messages subject line is hidden.  Having to move the
> >> mouse to a clear place when I want to switch to the + key, and back
> >> again tends to aggravate my arthritis.
> >>
> >> Can this be relocated to a point above the icon, or can the display
> >> timeout be set down to maybe 2 seconds?  If so, what file do I edit to
> >> accomplish this?
> >
> >It's not entirely clear which tooltip you are referring to, but go to
> >http://userbase.kde.org/KMail/FAQs_Hints_and_Tips and it's probably 2.7 or
> > 2.8 that you need.
> >
> >Anne
> 
> In particular, the one for the next button, Anne.  Thanks, when I do get up
> for good, I'll check that link out.
> 
You'll find plenty that's useful there, Gene, but it won't solve this 
particular problem.  I think that is a system-wide setting, so try 
systemsettings > Appearance > Windows > Buttons tab > Show window button 
tooltips

Anne
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