A very good workaround, thanks! Works for Firefox. Unfortunately not for Chrome, but..oh, well. (Yes, I am using our local mirror, BTW.)
Bob On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Vanessa Kirkup Swing <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Bob, > > One of your developers says that some browsers allow you to turn tooltips > off entirely (for all websites). For example, here are instructions for > Safari and Firefox: > > http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/index_files/disable-tooltips-safari-firefox.php > > Hope this helps you find a solution! > > Vanessa Kirkup Swing > UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Thurman" <[email protected]> > To: "Larry Meyer" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:29:06 PM > Subject: Re: [Genome] tuning advanced java features > > Hi, Larry -- > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > No, no, the tooltips are not interfering with other browser functionality, > just with my specialized usage: I want to run an experiment by loading up > some selected tracks and have test users re-order them using visual > criteria > without knowing the details of the tracks (which would allow them to > cheat). > > Thanks anyway, > > Bob > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Larry Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Bob, > > > > Glad you like the advanced javascript features. > > > > Those tooltips are actually not done via javascript; they are part of the > > HTML of the hgTracks page. There is no way to turn them off. > > > > Just curious why you want to turn the tooltips off. Are they interfering > > with drag/reorder? If so, can you describe your web browser setup (name > and > > version)? > > > > thanks, > > > > -larry > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Thurman" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:49:03 PM > > Subject: [Genome] tuning advanced java features > > > > Generally I find the advanced java features fantastic - love using them. > I > > was wondering if it was possible, however, to control them in a finer way > > than just turning them on or off. > > > > What I would like to do is to turn off the "tool tips" descriptions that > > appear whenever I hover over the left-hand track labels, while at the > same > > time still be able to drag and re-order the tracks. On the configure > page > > I > > tried unchecking "Display labels to the left of items in tracks" (which > > also > > turns off the hover display) while leaving "Enable advanced javascript > > features" checked, but I can't re-order tracks then. > > > > Any way to (easily) get around this? > > > > (Pretty specialized, I know, but...thought I'd ask.) > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Bob > > > > -- > > =========================================================== > > Bob Thurman, Ph.D. > > Research Scientist > > Department of Genome Sciences > > University of Washington > > > > 2211 Elliott Avenue Foege Building S-310 > > Suite 600 1705 NE Pacific St. > > Seattle, WA 98121 Seattle, WA 98195-5065 > > 206-267-1091 x207 206-685-2784 > > =========================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > > Genome maillist - [email protected] > > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome > > > > > > -- > =========================================================== > Bob Thurman, Ph.D. > Research Scientist > Department of Genome Sciences > University of Washington > > 2211 Elliott Avenue Foege Building S-310 > Suite 600 1705 NE Pacific St. > Seattle, WA 98121 Seattle, WA 98195-5065 > 206-267-1091 x207 206-685-2784 > =========================================================== > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome > -- =========================================================== Bob Thurman, Ph.D. Research Scientist Department of Genome Sciences University of Washington 2211 Elliott Avenue Foege Building S-310 Suite 600 1705 NE Pacific St. Seattle, WA 98121 Seattle, WA 98195-5065 206-267-1091 x207 206-685-2784 =========================================================== _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
