Bug 514265

Summary: Being able to choose Dolphin's tooltips instead of the current desktop tooltips
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Fernando Marcelino Muniz <fernandommuniz>
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CLOSED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: hein, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: CachyOS   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Concept Art.

Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2026-01-07 10:52:14 UTC
Created attachment 188287 [details]
Concept Art.

DESCRIPTION
I don't like the visually obstructive (and apparently physically obstructive) desktop tooltips that appears when hovering over items. I'd like to be able to select Dolphin's tooltips, since they're very discrete.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Slowly hover over desktop items.

OBSERVED RESULT
Tooltips are visually obstructive, and not my style.

EXPECTED RESULT
Being able to choose Dolphin's tooltips (see attachment).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.3-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2026-01-08 22:07:32 UTC
I don't see us doing this, sorry. What Dolphin has is a status bar, not a tooltip. A status bar is a fairly standard UI element on a window, but on the desktop I think it would feel quite out of place, and people would fail to notice it.