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Title: Gadget activation delay
Post by: jjwhalen on June 23, 2010, 09:12:11 PM
If you could stand to add "yet another timer" to BT:

I like to use the gadget for its intended purpose, but I'd prefer it didn't activate instantly by casually running the cursor over the n systray icons ::)  A variable cursor "hover delay" over the BT icon would be helpful.  I would probably set it to ~2 seconds, or slightly longer than the tooltip activation time.  Prioritize this however you see fit ;)
Title: Re: Gadget activation delay
Post by: Pepo on June 23, 2010, 10:15:34 PM
Quote from: jjwhalen on June 23, 2010, 09:12:11 PM
I like to use the gadget for its intended purpose, but I'd prefer it didn't activate instantly by casually running the cursor over the n systray icons ::)  A variable cursor "hover delay" over the BT icon would be helpful.  I would probably set it to ~2 seconds, or slightly longer than the tooltip activation time.
Even just setting it to any fixed but non-zero value (e.g. the usual tooltip activation time (around 1/2 second?) or a bit more) would be helpful.
And my vote goes to jjwhalen and his wish, to raise its priority ;)
Title: Re: Gadget activation delay
Post by: fred on June 24, 2010, 06:29:23 AM
Quote from: jjwhalen on June 23, 2010, 09:12:11 PM
If you could stand to add "yet another timer" to BT:

I like to use the gadget for its intended purpose, but I'd prefer it didn't activate instantly by casually running the cursor over the n systray icons ::)  A variable cursor "hover delay" over the BT icon would be helpful.  I would probably set it to ~2 seconds, or slightly longer than the tooltip activation time.  Prioritize this however you see fit ;)
Seems to be a bug. I bump it up the list.
Title: Re: Gadget activation delay
Post by: Pepo on June 24, 2010, 01:46:07 PM
Quote from: fred on June 24, 2010, 06:29:23 AM
Quote from: jjwhalen on June 23, 2010, 09:12:11 PM
I like to use the gadget for its intended purpose, but I'd prefer it didn't activate instantly by casually running the cursor over the n systray icons ::)  A variable cursor "hover delay" over the BT icon would be helpful.  I would probably set it to ~2 seconds, or slightly longer than the tooltip activation time.  Prioritize this however you see fit ;)
Seems to be a bug. I bump it up the list.

Quote from: fred on June 24, 2010, 10:30:39 AM
- BUG: Gadget, the hover delay no longer works.
IIRC the delay has been zero since the gadget was introduced. (But my memory does not serve that well to be sure...)
Title: Re: Gadget activation delay
Post by: jjwhalen on June 24, 2010, 05:37:40 PM
Quote from: Pepo on June 24, 2010, 01:46:07 PM
Quote from: fred on June 24, 2010, 06:29:23 AM
Quote from: jjwhalen on June 23, 2010, 09:12:11 PM
I like to use the gadget for its intended purpose, but I'd prefer it didn't activate instantly by casually running the cursor over the n systray icons ::)  A variable cursor "hover delay" over the BT icon would be helpful.  I would probably set it to ~2 seconds, or slightly longer than the tooltip activation time.  Prioritize this however you see fit ;)
Seems to be a bug. I bump it up the list.

Quote from: fred on June 24, 2010, 10:30:39 AM
- BUG: Gadget, the hover delay no longer works.
IIRC the delay has been zero since the gadget was introduced. (But my memory does not serve that well to be sure...)

I have to agree with Pepo on this one.
Title: Re: Gadget activation delay
Post by: fred on June 26, 2010, 05:06:51 PM
Now I know why I didn't implement it yet.

After a day of fruitless tryouts and a lot of solutions that where not working or too scary, because Microsoft forgot an implementation of an icon delay.

But finally I got a good idea after reading all the bad ideas on the Internet.  ;D
The seemingly complicated problems, are sometimes still simple, implemented in V 0.63.
Title: Re: Gadget activation delay
Post by: jjwhalen on June 27, 2010, 12:05:50 AM
Quote from: fred on June 26, 2010, 05:06:51 PM
Now I know why I didn't implement it yet.

After a day of fruitless tryouts and a lot of solutions that where not working or too scary, because Microsoft forgot an implementation of an icon delay.

But finally I got a good idea after reading all the bad ideas on the Internet.  ;D
The seemingly complicated problems, are sometimes still simple, implemented in V 0.63.

Excellent!  Not quite up there with the tooltips, but a most welcome fix ;D