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. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Most people have two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason, and the real reason. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
