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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:57:37 -0800 From: David Herman
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Annoying pop-ups/previews on desktop and in some browsers SuSE 9.0 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
On Monday 05 April 2004 12:03 pm, Gil Weber wrote:
Hi, everyone.
I've recently installed SuSE 9.0 and have an annoying problem with pop-ups (previews?) on my desktop and in some browsers.
Whenever I hover over a desktop icon a large, yellow box appears with a description of what's represented by that icon. In some cases I get a preview (e.g., if the icon is a link to a .pdf document I get a small graphic of that .pdf page). For this to happen the icon cannot be highlighted and nothing can be open **and** maximized on the desktop. (Pop-ups will appear if an application is open but minimized).
I also get small pop-up descriptions when I hover over some links (but not all) in some websites (but not all). I cannot figure out why this occurs in some but not all websites and only with certain links. Typically I see this on list-serv sites. When I hover over one of the postings I'll get the first few words of that list-serv posting.
I have tried unchecking every "tool tips" box I have found in the Yast set up. To the best of my knowledge I've been through everything in Yast but no luck. Where ever that check box I want to find may be hiding.... we'll it's hidden!!
:o)
Can anyone help me turn off these annoying pop-up (preview) boxes? Sorry that the list won't allow me to attach a screen shot (.png) so you can see exactly what I'm trying to describe.
Unfortunately maximum configurability comes at a price. If I understand you correctly then the following should solve your main problem.
Open a Konqueror window Go to the "Settings" menu select "Configure Konqueror" A window will open w/ the "Behavior" pane active. Uncheck the "Show file tips" checkbox and then press apply.
That should do it.
There are other settings available which let you fine tune your configuration (ie the web page /link previews you mentioned), The solution I described should get rid of all of the File Tip popups, to just get rid of some of them you might want to look at the "Previews & MetaData" section of the "Configure Konqueror" window as well
Have a great day - -- dh
David, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, it did not solve the problem. I already had the "show file tips" box unchecked. After receiveing your message I rechecked it, then unchecked again. Still no good. Tried several times. The pop-ups are still there. Re: the "previews and meta" sections.... I see that there is a list of checked boxes in the "previews" section. Which of those might I uncheck to try to solve this problem? Frankly, I don't know what most/all of them refer to. And where is the "meta" section that you referred me to? Where do I check that meta information? Thanks for your help. This is most bizarre. I've compared KDE and Konqueror settings between my computer and my wife's, but can't figure out why hers does not have these annoying pop-ups and mine does. I also don't think this is Konqueror-related since I get the annoying pop-ups on certain links in other browsers such as Mozilla Firefox. My wife does not. Gil -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit it's just an afterthought; okay ? : On a slimming shop: 'Thinner Sanctum.'