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simple question

woop · 2010-07-22 23:35:46

right, Im able to do quite a bit but its always annoyed me. How do I stop the pop up explanation of what things do when the cursor hovers over say a menu? fedora at the moment but an ubuntu explanation could help too as ubuntus not kde

23-07-2010 12:35AM

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woop

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right, Im able to do quite a bit but its always annoyed me. How do I stop the pop up explanation of what things do when the cursor hovers over say a menu? fedora at the moment but an ubuntu explanation could help too as ubuntus not kde

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#2 23-07-2010 12:08PM
Skrynesaver

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In order to disable tooltips in Ubuntu you need to
Enable The Configuration editor
Click on the Ubuntu logo and "Edit Menus"
Go to System Tools and check box for "Configuration Editor"

Disable tooltips
Run Apps>SystemTools>Configuration Editor
Navigate to apps>panel>global in the nav pane on the left
Uncheck "tooltips_enabled"

Simples

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