Version: (using KDE 4.0.83) Installed from: Fedora RPMs OS: Linux Sometimes tooltip balloons will not go away and stay over applications other than the one which owns it. Even switch desktops will not make it go away. It's necessary to find out what application made it appear and then make it shows another tooltip balloon, which in turn will make the previous one goes away. I can't reproduce this at my will, but it happens frequently. Sometimes the entire balloon stays fixed on the screen, other times only parts of them stick.
Created attachment 25716 [details] A tool tip from Kontact over Firefox This tooltip was created by Kontact and did not go away. I switched to Firefox and it's still there. To get rid of it, I have to switch back to Kontact and make it show another tooltip. Sometimes it's hard to find out which application owns the tooltip, so it's not always easy to get rid of it.
Do you have compositing enabled?
Yes, I do
I have the exact same problem, I'm using KDE4 Version 4.00.85 (KDE 4.0.85 (KDE 4.1 >= 20080703), opensuse 11. I couldn't find if it happens randomly or some thing is triggering this. It occurs frequently and it seems with all applications. Sometimes I have to logout and login again because I couldn't found the "parent" application of the tooltip. I have compositing enabled.
And does the problem exist also with compositing disabled?
I have disabled compositing today and will test for two or three days. I'll report back later.
Tested first disabling desktop effects, but keeping compositing on in xorg.conf. The problem still occurs. Then turned compositing off in xorg.conf. No change either, the problem persists.
Not a KWin problem then.
I've experienced this problem using KDE3 too.
I no longer experience this problem since I updated to KDE4 from trunk (4.1.x)-opensuse 11.
I still see this problem using KDE 4.1.2, now with intel video (previously I was using a machine with an nvidia card with the proprietary driver). However, it occurs seldom now. It was happening very often when I filed this bug, don't know if it's better now because I changed the video card/driver or because something has changed in KDE since then.
Confirming bug still exists in KDE 4.1.3. As with the original reporter, the tooltips are persistent across virtual desktops, always remain above other windows, and seem to be cut off at the top. Getting them to disappear is more an art than a science; apart from logging out and back in again, sometimes triggering the exact same tooltip to display will get rid of the old copy.
This problem is particularly easy to reproduce over high-latency connections, such as remote applications launched through NX Client.
I haven't experienced this issue since upgrading to KDE 4.3.x
Created attachment 49324 [details] frozen tooltip Continue to experience this problem with 4.4.4. Here is how it looks, this stuck tooltip is from acroread.
acroread is not a KDE / Qt app, so unless it is a window management issue (i doubt it) then either comment #15 is unrelated to this report or this report is unrelated to KDE code.
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