On Sep 9, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Omni_Jim Witte wrote:

>       I can use NSInitialToolTipDelay to make it longer before Tooltips 
> display, but is there a preference (or what Cocoa method 
> ‘DisplayTooltipOnScreen’ would I hack) to extend the time the tooltip is 
> onscreen before it disappears?  I suppose I could write a hack into the 
> display routine that would insert an event to jiggle the mouse cursor a bit 
> every so often.  If you can insert code that runs before or after a 
> particular method that is without too much hackery - the OSX equivalent of a 
> jGNE routine (nifty little thing it was..)

Heh, this is how I managed to turn tooltips OFF. They always seem to get in the 
way. Setting NSInitialToolTipDelay to an insanely high number has the net 
effect of disabling them.

As far as the duration goes, I think it's hard-coded at 10.0 seconds... Maybe 
there's an option for it in Lion?


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