Discussion: Add a setting to disable tooltips

[sillyrat]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

There should be a setting to disable tooltips. When the mouse pointer pauses over a file or folder, a tooltip appears. In the Details and Columns layouts, the tooltip blocks the visibility of the names of files and folders behind it, and its utility is questionable as it duplicates information already visible in other columns. The tooltips add unnecessary mental effort and annoyance as one must constantly think about where the mouse pointer is "parked" so that lists of files and folders aren't intermittently obscured by unwanted tooltips.

Requirements

Add a switch under Settings --> Folders --> Display called "Show tooltips".

Also duplicate this switch in the Layout button's pop-up control panel, beneath the existing switches for "Show hidden items" and "Show file extensions".

Files Version

Version: 2.4.31.0

Windows Version

Windows 11 Pro, version 21H2, OS build 22000.1516

Comments

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[yaira2]

What about the grid layouts?

[sillyrat]

To keep things simple, I'd have the "Show tooltips" switch affect all the layouts, including the left sidebar containing folders / drives / etc. When I need to see details, I either switch to a different layout that shows me those details for all files/folders, or I right-click an individual item and choose the Properties button ("i" in a circle).

By the way, there's a bug with the tooltips: after right-clicking an item and choosing the Properties button, and then closing the Properties window by clicking on either OK or Cancel, the tooltips stop displaying -- when hovering over an item, the selection highlight blinks a few times and then disappears, and no tooltip is shown.