On Thursday 21 July 2005 14:19, Jeff Co wrote:
> Hello,
> Is there a way to speed up the time it takes for tool tips to be
> displayed? I don't want to spend 2 seconds waitng for it to pop up.
> I'd prefer if I could somehow decrease the time.
>
> In Gimp Image editor, the tool tips appear very quickly. I like it that
> way. But with OpenOffice.org applications, it takes a long time. I did an
> experiment: when [Help-->Extended Tips] is off, it loads up faster. But
> when [Extended Tips] is on, it takes a long time. Why is that? I don't
> think it takes too much CPU power to display a sentence of a tool tip, as
> opposed to a word or phrase. ANyway we can change this?
>
> When I do Ctrl+F1 or Shift+F1, (where the mouse cursor turns to a
> question mark), the extended tips appear instantly!
>
> I suppose the show--extended-tooltip-when- mouse-over-button is
> really supposed to be _not_ instant. I think this because, it may
> bother many people when they don't want a tooltip (especially a long
> one), and they just want to press the button.
> But if I could somehow tweak it to make it just a bit faster, that
> would be good.
Hi Jeff,
What version of OOo are you using ?
What OS and which version ?
have you many other programs running ?
Have you much memory ?
Is it always slow, or only the first time ?
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