Version: 1.11.0 (using KDE 4.2.0) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages A tooltip pops up when moving the mouse cursor over the folders presented in the folder panel. Due to the size of the tooltip window and the rate at which the tooltip is redrawn while the user is moving the cursor the folders, it quickly starts to become very annoying. The redundancy, and therefore the irrelevance, of the information displayed in the tooltip (total number of messages, unread messages, folder size, name of said folder) also contributes to the negative experience the tooltip forces upon kmail's users. It would be nice if there was an option to disable the folder panel tooltips.
I forgot to also mention the header panel tooltips, which suffer from the exact same problem (annoying, redundant and irrelevant information) and would benefit from the same feature (option to disable them).
I've just discovered that this functionality is already implemented. Nonetheless, it's hidden in a very obscure place (right-click menu when clicking on the folder column label in the folder panel). It would be nice if that feature was available in the "settings"->"configure kmail" dialog, as it's the place where users look for functionality of this sort.
thanks, i never would have found the folder tooltip option if you hadnt described it. too bad there isnt a way to also turn off the tooltip for messages. i like the tooltips, but as you say, it shows up way too fast and when moving across folders/messages, the changing of the information is distracting (and in my case where i use VNC a lot, helps to ruin the session interactivity).
* Increase a little bit the time to show the tooltips. * Make the option to disable them in the kmail configure dialog.
yep ... i'd also just remind that both tooltip in the folder tree and the message list in the tabs are affected ... they currently seem to be a bit independent of each other
I would like to second Jaime Toress's suggestion of increasing the time before showing the tooltip. In addition: - That delay amount Jaime refers to should be a configurable option (in seconds) - The tooltip should also disappear after a certain configurable amount - These two times (in seconds) should go with the other options. I use Kontact, and see other message list options in Kontact --> Settings --> Appearance --> Message List (tab) --> General (section)
Sorry, forgot to add that my earlier comment initially came from the annoyance of having the tooltip appear immediately (which looks like it has been raised in issue 184892) I think the tooltip is useful (maybe it could be configured further to select what to show in it?), so I don't want to disable it completely. That's why I'd like there to be these delay options to prevent it appearing to immediately and intrusively and disappearing after a while.
Bug 202305 is related?
> It would be nice if that feature was available in the "settings"->"configure > kmail" dialog, as it's the place where users look for functionality of this > sort. That's now done with KDE 4.4.
*** Bug 184892 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
So this whish is fullfilled