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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 23, 2007, 05:47 PM »

Try it by hovering low over a quick launch icon and see what happens. My task bar icon ToolTips work fine. It's the QL icons that have the issue.

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 23, 2007, 04:41 PM »

Could you be more specific? What's it not supposed to do?

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 23, 2007, 04:40 PM »

Thanks for the heads up on True Launch Bar, but even Windows gives a pop-up menu of open apps if you over-fill the task bar. I prefer to avoid the extra step when navigating to an open app. 

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 23, 2007, 04:37 PM »

Not familiar with True Launch Bar. I need two rows because when I have lots of apps open, I quickly run out of Task Bar real estate, especially since I have so many quick launch shortcuts and tray icons I want access to.

Even with a single row, though, if I'm not careful and mouse too low, it's still a problem:



Does everyone have the ToolTips pop up almost immediately? I did a fresh XP install, hoping it'd go back to a default setting with a more rational hover delay, but to no avail...

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 23, 2007, 04:10 PM »

Here ya go:



There are four icons in this case that are covered. It wouldn't be so bad if the tooltip didn't appear instantly. A second of so of delay would make a huge difference for me as I mouse around. Instead, I can't see where I'm going.

Thanks.

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 23, 2007, 03:01 PM »

Sorry I've been away...

Well, Tweak UI didn't do it. KillTT did indeed kill the tooltips in the taskbar. Sadly, it also killed the tooltips in other programs where I want them to happen. 

Ideally, I'd like to be able to set a delay before they pop up, and even more ideally, separately for the task bar and for applications. Oh, well.

Am I the only person out there who's annoyed by the fact -- and thinks it's a little strange -- that these things pop up immediately and obscure the various icons we're trying to work with? In particular the quick launch stuff on the left and the tray icons on the right.

Thanks everyone for trying to help.

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 07, 2007, 03:37 PM »

Do you mean tooltips or Balloontips?

-Cpilot (April 06, 2007, 06:16 PM)

Could you explain the difference? I'm specifically talking about the little tips that pop up nearly immediately over any icon in the  Task Bar when I hover over it.

-dlabrecque (April 07, 2007, 02:34 PM)

Google is your friend.
Here's a little application at the "Code Project" that will eliminate tooltips by using a system wide hook.
You'll have to create a free account to download it.
Once installed go the folder it's installed in and run the program.
KillTT: No More Tooltips!

Apparently tested on WinXP.

Have fun.

-Cpilot (April 07, 2007, 03:22 PM)

Want to be sure I'm disabling the right kind of tip. Could you kindly describe the difference between the kinds? Thanks. 

I'm only annoyed by the ones popping up in the various sections of my task bar.

FYI... I tried the registry tweak (manually). It didn't work. 

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 07, 2007, 02:34 PM »

Do you mean tooltips or Balloontips?

-Cpilot (April 06, 2007, 06:16 PM)

Could you explain the difference? I'm specifically talking about the little tips that pop up nearly immediately over any icon in the  Task Bar when I hover over it.

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 06, 2007, 10:58 AM »

...If I ever find out why I lose them, I will be sure to let you know so you can do it on purpose (and I can fix my prob once & for all). 

-app103 (April 06, 2007, 04:31 AM)

    Thanks.   

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 05, 2007, 04:45 PM »

Hey, thanks. Someone else told me just moments ago of that tweak. I tried it. I rebooted. It didn't work. 

Looks like it's intended for the Notification Area only. Well, I was hoping I could turn off all Task Bar pop-ups. But even my Notification Area (system tray) is still popping up! 

It's weird. 3 ns of hoverage and there's balloon getting in the way. Makes it tough to move around and see where I'm clicking. 

Does this happen with everyone in XP who doesn't apply the tweak?

BTW, dhuser -- thanks for the welcome. 

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Living Room / Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by dlabrecque on April 05, 2007, 01:04 PM »

Hey. I'm a newbie. Sorry if there's a better place to post this. Lemme know...

When I place my mouse pointer over items in my Task Bar, there's a pop-up balloon almost immediately that often obscures stuff I want to see. For a long time I've been trying to find a way to increase the delay time before they pop-up or make 'em stop altogether. No luck so far. Does anyone have any ideas? 

Thanks a zillion!