Hi; On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 12:18 +0100, Leon wrote: > > Popup tooltips in the GTK tree/list widget are not possible in the current > > stable releases, however I think they will be part of the upcoming GTK > > 2.10.
Unfortunately, no. They didn't make in time for the 2.10 schedule. > I agree that it would be good to use ellipsis (...) for filenames > > that do not fit in their column, could you file a bug about this at > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ so that the developers don't forget about it? > > Funny story, this bug has been filed slightly more than 4 years > ago. Here is the link: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84390 > > Can somebody raise the priority of the bug? The GTK developers are pretty well aware of the situation. Unfortunately, providing support for tooltips inside GtkTreeView is a tricky thing to do, and requires a major overhauling of the tooltips API. This means introducing a major change in every application using tooltips, so we need to do things right. > As a DE values usability > and simplicity this much as gnome, it will be a shame to see this bug > hang around for another 4 year. Faster work implies giving a hand with code. If you want, you can contact Kristian, which is working on this issue, and help him by writing some code yourself. Ciao, Emmanuele. -- Emmanuele Bassi, E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.net B: http://log.emmanuelebassi.net -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
