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sfeinst

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I know there is an option to turn off hints (not on for me anyway) for the Object Inspector but I think that is related to the properties.  I want to turn off the popups in the component tree.  They get in the way when I try using the scrollbar.  Very annoying.

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Re: Is there a way to turn off popup hints in Object Inspector Tree
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2025, 07:49:39 am »
I see that in the Component Tree a hint is displayed when hovering over a row, only if the text does not fit the width of the window (see attached screenshot).

But it is displayed only according to the row size in the tree. When hovering the mouse over the vertical scroll bar, it disappears and does not interfere with its use.

By the way, what OS and widget set do you have (win32, gtk2, qt5, cocoa)?

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Re: Is there a way to turn off popup hints in Object Inspector Tree
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2025, 04:15:37 pm »
Most usage it is gtk2, but I occasionally use windows.

You are correct that it goes away when over the scrollbar, but I have to come to the scrollbar from the right.  If I come from the left, so the mouse is over the widget first, the popup sits on top of the scrollbar so I can't just click on the scrollbar (popup is in the way).  I either have to move the mouse around to get rid of it or wait x amount of time to disappear.

I'll play with window size, as you say, it does not appear if full widget name is in window.  Just reduces editor size when I do that, but that is what maximize window is for :)

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I played with increasing Object Inspector width.  Less editor space, but I got used to it pretty quickly and one key combination to maximize the editor seems to be a decent workflow for me.

I'll mark this solved because I'm fine with this solution.

 

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