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Tooltip messages are hidden by the mouse pointer


ssr

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Hi,

 

When I mouse over the leftside tool or any other tool, the tooltip message is truncated by the mouse pointer and thereby I'm unable to read the tool name.  When I use larger mouse pointer the tool name is mostly hidden by the mouse pointer.

 

Appreciate a fix for this.

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Welcome to the forums @ssr,

Yes I see that, however I use a smaller cursor/pointer so isn't a problem. However, trying this revealed something else, which is not a problem but a little odd. By mousing over the tools, starting at the top of the toolbar moving down, the tips are under the pointer. Reverse direction, from bottom to top, and the tip is below the pointer so doesn't get covered.

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Thank you Ron. Is there a way I can make the text message appear bigger or above the tooltip. Actually, when I take screenshot the mouse pointer shrinks thereby revealing the text. Otherwise, the tooltip message hidden to the larger extent.

 For me, the tip is always at the bottom whether I move from top or bottom. Not sure why.  I use Windows10.

 

 

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There's no way I know of to change the tool tip behavior.

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10 hours ago, ssr said:

Is there a way I can make the text message appear bigger or above the tooltip

Tooltip size can be controlled via a Windows setting.

Which will also affect all other apps.

 

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Hi Carl123,

 

Thanks. The solution worked.  But still the tooltip text is partly hidden by the mouse pointer. I think it is a windows level bug and may need to be fixed by Microsoft.

 

Thanks Carl and Ron for assisting.

 

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7 hours ago, carl123 said:

Tooltip size can be controlled via a Windows setting.

Which will also affect all other apps.

 

tooltip.png

Can't get there from here. I've looked all over my Control Panel, Display settings, and the Changing the Text Size only section and drop-down menu are not to be found.

Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD

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I'm on Windows 8.1 so may be different if you are Windows 10

This link for Windows 10 may help or someone on Windows 10 may be able to assist you better

https://winaero.com/tootip-text-size-windows-10-version-1703/

PS I don't know how old that link is so it may already have changed again

 

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Thank you Carl. It's different on my Win10 Home box. Even the links, showing how to do this, in Win10, does not help. I don't have that Display>Change text size only. I know at one time I could change the size of tooltips, when and where it went is unknown to me. I'm quite computer literate, so I'm not stumbling around in the dark. Anyway that's why I posted that it's not possible to change, because on my setup it has been AWOL for sometime.

Thanks again Carl.

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