location of popup helpers question

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 28 September 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
>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
>
That also seems to be a no-op, it was, I cycled it, left it off & clicked 
apply, but when I park the mouse over the next arrow, a tooltip will pop up 
in a short time, and which covers the left end of that messages subject line.

I am rather not inclined to move .kde as that means I'd have to spend a 
couple of long days rebuilding the message sort filters among other things.

I would love to see kde break the kmailrc file up in subcategories as 
separate files, keeping everything kmail related in the kmailrc has led to 
several extensive, re-inventing the wheel by starting with the fuel injectors 
type rebuilds over the years.

Thanks for trying, Anne.

-- 
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