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

[Bret Busby]

On 23/11/2019, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

In addition, I note that  a mouseover of entries in the menu's
(Applications, Places, and System), causes descriptions of the
subjects of the entries, to be displayed.

So, it is just for the icons in the panel, that the functionality
seems to be aabsent.


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Bret Busby
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