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sequencer ·
Hi Malc
Thought I'd better put it into a new post.
Unless I'm doing something wrong (very likely) no tool tips I'm afraid. I have just been running SM by itself.
Would I be right in assuming the tool tip appears next to the cursor or is it on a toolbar ? Anyway I definitely don't have any knid of explanation as to what the component is for, coming up on screen.
Is it a windows setting I have turned off ?
Sequencer
malc ·
Did you try my suggestion of closing all other apps?
Tooltips should work exactly as you say - hover the mouse pointer over a component and after a short pause a standard yellow popup window appears next to the mouse pointer.
sequencer ·
I only have SM running. Still no tool tips though.
Could you supply a screen grab of an example of what I'm supposed to see and I'll have a look into my other programs meantime, although, I'm pretty sure that I do get tooltips on other programs when running.
Thanks Malc
Sequencer
malc ·
How odd. I'm baffled.
Here's an example of what you should get: [old link]
sequencer ·
Malc
I definitely don't get that Tool Tip coming up. All that happens is my arrow cursor goes over the component and I get extremely bored waiting for a Tip to appear 😉
I've checked various other programs on my PC and they all seem to have the tool tip appearing OK...as you said... How odd.
sequencer
malc ·
Do you have any of the following apps:
Down2Home AVG anti-virus Zonealarm
kingtubby had a similar problem here: Gfx bug: Moving component while tooltip is open (0.9.2)
sequencer ·
Hi Malc
Out of the three listed I've got Zone Alarm running. I kinda like to keep it going though as it helps to keep out the nasty's...I have tried on another machine without the programs mentioned running and hey presto...Tool Tips appear.
A question: Why would Zone Alarm only effect SM...?
Sequencer
malc ·
Probably different implementations of tooltips. If you wouldn't mind just giving a try at least we'd know whether it's a factor.
When I get a chance I'll have a look at our code and see if I can spot something.
Thanks 🙂
sequencer ·
Malc
I've gone through the various nasty stoppers I've got running whilst on the Internet. It would seem a program called SpywareGuard is to blame. Once the program is stopped, Tool Tips appear. The program is to stop pop-up windows.
It still doesn't seem to affect any other program in the same way though...
At least I've found the culprit 😀
sequencer
malc ·
Very good.
Yeah, I could understand how the blocker might affect it. We don't use the built in tooltips, instead we create our own pop-up window.
Glad to hear it's working for you now.
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