On Monday 28 September 2009 16:38:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > 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. > You did restart kmail, didn't you? Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase
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