What's "mouseover functionality"? (was Re: Slow boot, how do I configure for nosity boot?)

[Bret Busby]

On 23/11/2019, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> I would take a look at e.g.
>
> grep gtk-enable-tooltips ~/.{gtkrc-2.0,config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini}
>
> or
>
> gsettings list-recursively org.mate.panel | grep tool
>
> and so on...
>
>

"
bret at bret-Linux-Aspire-5750G:~$ grep gtk-enable-tooltips
~/.{gtkrc-2.0,config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini}
grep: /home/bret/.gtkrc-2.0: No such file or directory
grep: /home/bret/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini: No such file or directory
bret at bret-Linux-Aspire-5750G:~$
"

and

"
bret at bret-Linux-Aspire-5750G:~$ settings list-recursively
org.mate.panel | grep tool

Command 'settings' not found, did you mean:

  command 'gsettings' from deb libglib2.0-bin (2.62.1-1)

Try: sudo apt install <deb name>

bret at bret-Linux-Aspire-5750G:~$ gsettings list-recursively
org.mate.panel | grep tool
org.mate.panel tooltips-enabled true
bret at bret-Linux-Aspire-5750G:~$
"

Now, with my having said that the mouseove functionality is not
present in 19.10, and, with the references in the preceding mesages,
to tooltips, I correct myself and clarify.

I have noticed that, in wikipedia, where, in an article, a hyperlink
is included, a mouseover will open a little information box (for want
of a better name), which displayes some concise information about the
subject of the hyperlink; the label for the hyperlink.

So, it is not that the mouseover functionality is missing; it seems to
be working.

What appears to be not working, is this tooltips thing, even though,
as I have posted above, the tooltips setting appears to be shown to be
switched on.

-- 
Bret Busby
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West Australia
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