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Bazzaah

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Registered: 2010-03-15

Posts: 69

[SOLVED] Gnome Shell tool tips

Hi

I'm giving GS a spin after a while of not using it - very nice design and I like it a lot and want to carry on with it.

Just one snag - those hateful yellow tooltips that tell you stuff you already know. So intrusive and yet pointless!

Is there a way to switch off with gconf-editor or similar?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by Bazzaah (2013-03-21 09:55:44)

Bazzaah

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Registered: 2010-03-15

Posts: 69

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome Shell tool tips

In case someone finds this and needs a solution

Add this line to ~/.gtkrc-2.0

gtk-enable-tooltips = 0

You need to reboot for that to take effect.

EDIT It only works for Chrome.

EDIT removed rant which made me look a lot more angry than I am about this.

Last edited by Bazzaah (2013-03-22 21:38:37)

drenninghoff

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Registered: 2012-11-28

Posts: 34

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome Shell tool tips

Don't bash on GNOME, tooltips are useful sometimes.

You only disabled them for gtk2 apps (like Chrome), to disable them in GTK3 apps like Nautilus add gtk-enable-tooltips = 0 to ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. If that doesn't work add them to your gtk-theme's settings file.

Bazzaah

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Registered: 2010-03-15

Posts: 69

Re: [SOLVED] Gnome Shell tool tips

Thanks for that. I wasn't bashing Gnome, which I like a great deal - just one small aspect of it which has always grated.

EDIT the solution lies in placing that line in your theme's ini.

Last edited by Bazzaah (2013-03-22 19:31:23)