On 11 Oct 2008, at 14:11, Albrecht Schlosser wrote: > Case 1: The tooltip pops up while the mouse moves: IMHO, this is a bug > and should be fixed. I'm looking what should be done, if ... - but I'd > like to read your comments about this. > > Case 2: The tooltip stays visible, while the mouse moves. I tested > this > with other applications, and this seems to be common behavior (at > least > with some applications under Windows). The tooltip disappears, if the > mouse leaves the widget or enters the tooltip area itself. A good test > candidate is thunderbird, because it has big buttons (at least in my > setup). There is also a timeout (about 5 seconds). > > Case 3: The tooltip is dismissed, if the tooltip area itself is > touched > by mouse movement and reappears immediately or after a short > (hoverdelay) timeout. Once case 1 would be fixed, this would > change, too > (in a way that the tooltip would reappear only if the mouse stops > moving). > > My questions and my opinions are: > > 1) Should case 1 be fixed? > > +1
I'd be +1 on this - particularly if it is easy to do (or someone other than me does it!) > 2) Should there be a timeout to remove the tooltip (5 sec. or ...?) > > +1 (5 seconds) Testing on this mac suggests that it is "normal" for tooltips to stay up even after the mouse moves. The mac tooltips seem to be dismissed once the cursor leaves the widget *or* after a timeout, which seems to be about 7~8 seconds. > > 3) Should it really reappear, if the mouse moves without leaving the > widget (this could also be a group or a complete window) ? > > +/-0: I don't know. Thunderbird pops up the tooltip again after the > mouse stops moving. Yup, this mac does the same - so maybe that is what people consider normal? I don't feel strongly about this one either way. -- Ian _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
