Browser.chrome.toolbar tips

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is browser.chrome.toolbar_tips.

This article describes the preference browser.chrome.toolbar_tips. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 True
- 2.2 False
3 UI
- 3.1 Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey
4 Recommended settings
5 First checked in
6 Has an effect in
7 Related bugs
8 Related preferences

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Background

When you hover your mouse cursor over various UI elements, a tooltip will often be displayed with descriptive text. This preference determines whether or not Mozilla will display tooltips. Thanks to some bug this preference also controls tooltips on web pages.

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Possible values and their effects

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True

Show tooltips for toolbar buttons, bookmarks, web content, and other items. (Default)

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False

Hide all tooltips.

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UI

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Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey

The checkbox “Show Tooltips” under “Edit → Preferences → Appearance” toggles this preference between true and false.

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Recommended settings

Setting this preference to false acts as a temporary workaround for bug 133064, in which dragging the site icon in the Location Bar to the bookmarks toolbar is blocked by a tooltip.

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