Bug 514265 - Being able to choose Dolphin's tooltips instead of the current desktop tooltips
Summary: Being able to choose Dolphin's tooltips instead of the current desktop tooltips
Status: CLOSED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4
Platform: CachyOS Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-01-07 10:52 UTC by Fernando Marcelino Muniz
Modified: 2026-01-08 22:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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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.