Re: Idea: Tooltip showing file properties when you hover over the file

[Paolo Borelli <pborelli katamail com>]

On ven, 2005-04-22 at 13:34 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 22:35 +0200, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> > Now if want to see some details about a file in the icon view I have to 
> > open the properties window. Would be handy if a tooltip would show up 
> > when you hovered over the file which would display stuff like 
> > modification date, size, permission etc.
> > 
> > What do people think about this idea?
> 
> In general it would be very nice to have a way to quickly bring up more
> information about a file (primarily a preview of it). However, using
> hovering for this is a bad idea, as it will often be in the way. You'll
> accidentally leave your mouse over something and it'll pop up, covering
> the files you're working with.
> 

What about showing the tooltip only if the icon is selected? This way it
would be way less probable to have the toolip in the way...


	paolo