Bug 16318

Summary:	Blinking Cursors and Tool Tips
Product:	[Unmaintained] kicker	Reporter:	rich1338
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description rich1338 2000-11-30 18:38:36 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: unknown
Version: KDE-base-2.0-7
Severity: normal
Installed from: Mandrake RPM's

Hi

I read through the bug reports already generated but read
that most were pre-KDE FINAL release bugs. This is a bug that is still present in the FINAL release. 

I have found a partial solution to it so it may help you to understand the 'link' better.

If you use Netscape and Gimp and a few other 'non-KDE' apps you have the tool tips and cursor blinking away it really does get very anoying. I discovered that the reason is is that I prefer for my panel to 'auto hide' I had it set at a 1 second rate so I tried setting it at a 4 second rate and the blinking slowed down then I turned it off and NO BLINKING.

It's quite obvious that these two are linked and this is one irratating bug that needs to be squashed.

Thank you for hearing me.

Richard A. McCormick

(submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Andreas Joseph Krogh 2000-12-01 07:06:41 UTC

On Thursday 30 November 2000 19:38 rich1338@mindspring.com wrote:
> Package: unknown
> Version: KDE-base-2.0-7
> Severity: normal
> Installed from: Mandrake RPM's
>
> Hi
>
> I read through the bug reports already generated but read
> that most were pre-KDE FINAL release bugs. This is a bug that is still
> present in the FINAL release.
>
> I have found a partial solution to it so it may help you to understand the
> 'link' better.
>
> If you use Netscape and Gimp and a few other 'non-KDE' apps you have the
> tool tips and cursor blinking away it really does get very anoying. I
> discovered that the reason is is that I prefer for my panel to 'auto hide'
> I had it set at a 1 second rate so I tried setting it at a 4 second rate
> and the blinking slowed down then I turned it off and NO BLINKING.
>
> It's quite obvious that these two are linked and this is one irratating
> bug that needs to be squashed.

I also noticed that if you press ALT-F2 the "run" dialog looses focus if you 
have kicker running AND autohide. If you turn autohide offf like you said 
the dialog keeps focus. This is also a problem when pressing ALT+TAB for 
switching between windows. Another problem is under Enlightenment the windows 
"flicker-focus" when you have kicker running. I also heard that people are 
having trouble with Corel-WordPerfect for Linux using KDE-2 and its probably 
related to this strange kicker behaviour.

-- 
Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@nettet.no>