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    • Massimo MulaM
      Massimo Mula
      last edited by Massimo Mula

      I was using NPP v. 8.1.4 and just realized that no popup comes out when hovering a button in the toolbar (any button).

      I updated to v. 8.1.9.1, hoping it was fixed in the new release, but nope… Apparently there is no way to have some info on what buttons do and I’m forced to guess it by trial and error.
      …Or maybe there’s some option I missed in the Preferences menu?

      Kind regards,
      Massimo

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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn @Massimo Mula
        last edited by

        @massimo-mula

        It doesn’t help you, but I’ll say that for me hover popup hints on the toolbar work just fine in these releases.

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        • artie-finkelsteinA
          artie-finkelstein @Massimo Mula
          last edited by

          @massimo-mula
          Do you have the Find dialog open at the same time?

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          • guy038G
            guy038
            last edited by

            Hello, @massimo-mula, @alan-kilborn, @artie-finkelstein and All,

            Oh, yes, Artie, I’ve never noticed this yet, but you’re right : if focus is on the Find dialog, the popup hints do not appear anymore when hovering the toolbar buttons ! When focus is, again, on an editor window, everything is OK !

            So, of course, all the following options are concerned :

            • Search > Find…

            • Search > Find in Files…

            • Search > Replace…

            • Search > Mark…


            But the same behaviour occurs for all the following options, too :

            • Edit > On Selection > Change Search Engine…

            • Edit > Column Mode…

            • Edit > Column Editor…

            • Search > Go to…

            • Search > Find characters in range…

            • Language > User Defined Language > Define your language…

            • Settings > Preferences…

            • Settings > Style Configurator…

            • Settings > Shortcut Mapper…

            • Tools > MD5 > Generate…

            • Tools > MD5 > Generate from files…

            • Tools > SHA-256 > Generate…

            • Tools > SHA-256 > Generate from files…

            • Macro > Save Current Recorded Macro…

            • Macro > Run a Macro Muliple Times…

            • Run > Run…

            • Plugins > Plugins Admin…

            • ? > Debug Info…

            • ? > About Notepad++


            Now, in addition to the previous behaviour, the possibility to re-select the editor window is also not allowed, when one of the following actions are triggered by the user :

            • File > Open…

            • File > Open Folder as Workspace…

            • File > Save As…

            • File > Save a Copy as…

            • File > Rename…

            • File > Load Session…

            • File > Save Session…

            • File > Print…

            • View > Summary…

            • Settings > Import > Import plugins(s)…

            • Settings > Import > Import style theme(s)…

            • Macro > Modify Shortcut/Delete Macro...

            • Run > Modify Shortcut/Delete Macro...

            • Window > Windows...

            • ? > Command Line Arguments...

            • ? > Set Updater Proxy...

            Best Regards,

            guy038

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            • artie-finkelsteinA
              artie-finkelstein @guy038
              last edited by

              @guy038
              Later that night, while resisting falling asleep (when all the good ideas seem to arrive…) I thought that ‘Find’ being open may be the tip of the iceberg. But, I didn’t remember that thought until this evening, by which time you had researched it from all angles. Excellent job!

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              • Massimo MulaM
                Massimo Mula @artie-finkelstein
                last edited by

                Hello guys,
                thanks for your attention.

                “Unfortunately”, in my case, I don’t even have any window open, other than the NPP main window.

                I was doubting I had set some strange option i nthe configuration, but apparently there is actually an issue…

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                • Alan KilbornA
                  Alan Kilborn @Massimo Mula
                  last edited by

                  @massimo-mula

                  Does Notepad++ have input focus at all when you are trying this? The previous discussion concerned having the Find window open with input focus, but the hover tips also fail to appear if Notepad++ main window doesn’t have focus. There will be a change in the appearance of a toolbar button the mouse is pointed to in this case, but no hover tip pops up.

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                  • Massimo MulaM
                    Massimo Mula
                    last edited by Massimo Mula

                    @alan-kilborn

                    Yes, in my case, NPP’s main window has focus (I’m editing a file).

                    Some update from my side:
                    I tried NPP on my desktop PC at home, where I have v. 1.8.9, and balloons show correctly (apart from the cases already mentioned by @guy038 )

                    I also got NPP Portable from PortableApps.com, which is v. 1.8.9 too, and tried it on my laptop (where issue occurs with the non-portable application): there too, the balloons show up with the portable version.

                    At this point, my suspects go to some configuration issue, i.e. some plugin I have installed…

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn @Massimo Mula
                      last edited by

                      @massimo-mula said in Balloon popup with button hint?:

                      where I have v. 1.8.9

                      This is not a realistic Notepad++ version number

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                      • Alan KilbornA
                        Alan Kilborn @Massimo Mula
                        last edited by

                        @massimo-mula said in Balloon popup with button hint?:

                        I also got NPP Portable from PortableApps.com, which is v. 1.8.9 too

                        Do not do anything with portableapps.com, as that is not a recognized or supported provider of Notepad++. The official portable version of Notepad++ is on Notepad++'s own web site.

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