Bug 507001

Summary:	FR: Tune Plasma tooltip delay
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Alexander Potashev <aspotashev>
Component:	kcm_workspace	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	minor	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Alexander Potashev 2025-07-13 19:17:51 UTC

SUMMARY
The Plasma tooltip delay is too long. For example, it takes ~1s for a tooltip for taskbar item to appear. I would like to reduce the delay, but there's no such option.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.15.0
Qt Version: 6.8.3
Kernel Version: 6.15.4-100.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 16 ГиБ of RAM (15.4 ГиБ usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® HD Graphics 530
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-08-27 17:05:29 UTC

IIRC there's a hidden setting for this. But isn't it the same delay as for every tooltip on the system?

Maybe let's back up and focus on the problem that needs solving. If that problem is "it takes too long to appear", can you explain why this is a problem, and why it's *not* a problem for every other non-Plasma tooltip throughout KDE software?

Comment 2 Alexander Potashev 2025-08-31 18:15:37 UTC

> IIRC there's a hidden setting for this.

Found this, and it has helped: https://discuss.kde.org/t/all-this-time-i-just-thought-it-was-slow/30523. Thanks!

```
kwriteconfig6 --file ~/.config/plasmarc --group PlasmaToolTips --key Delay 1
```

Maybe this needs a UI control in System Settings.

> But isn't it the same delay as for every tooltip on the system?

The above command is clearly Plasma-specific. Tooltips in the apps (e.g. in Kate) still have a delay.

For some reason, the tooltips in Battery widget popup are still delayed, tested the tooltip for these buttons: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508962.

> Maybe let's back up and focus on the problem that needs solving.

I'm often looking at the tooltip because window names are elided, and I cannot make the task items wider because of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264080. By hovering a task item, I can see a full window name in the tooltip.

> If that problem is "it takes too long to appear", can you explain why this is a problem, and why it's *not* a problem for every other non-Plasma tooltip throughout KDE software?

The Plasma taskbar tooltips are just the tooltips that I happen to use most frequently nowadays. Other tooltips aren't currently that important to me, i.e. I rarely rely on them.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-09-16 20:56:12 UTC

I don't think it makes sense to use a special time for only these tooltips; we'd just gather complaints about the inconsistency. I don't think this is worth doing, sorry.