On Monday 28 September 2009, Anne Wilson wrote: >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 No, it has always responded instantly to any changes I made previously. This isn't winderz, where installing a mouse driver take 4 reboots. :) And a restart or reboot will not change anything now as this has been this way for a couple of weeks. It was last restarted 4 days ago when I installed kernel 2.6.31.1. -- 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> My mother is a fish. - William Faulkner -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
