571100 - Firefox/3.6.3 -- Tooltips disappear after 1 second or less.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jeff]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 GTB7.0 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 GTB7.0 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Place cursor over any button in toolbar, menu bar or bookmarks bar.  Tooltip text will appear as expected, but will disappear after only a second making text impossible to read.  This problem was reported in previous release, I believe.  I think it was resolved.  Well, I think it's back.

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Display the tooltip as long as the cursor remains over the mouse or at least for 10 seconds or so.

I didn't notice this for a while after I installed 3.6.3 so I don't know if I just didn't notice it or maybe it was working correctly and then broke again.

Thx.

Comment 1

[Jeff]

Correction:

Expected Results:  
Display the tooltip as long as the cursor remains over the "button" or at least
for 10 seconds or so.

Comment 2

[Kevin Brosnan]

Works for me - Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4)
Gecko/20100609 Firefox/3.6.4

The text should not disappear as long as the pointer does not move. Please
check Firefox's safe mode and/or a new profile as outlined in
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+troubleshooting

Comment 3

[Jo Hermans]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3

Works for me. The tooltip doesn't disappear until you move 7 pixels, so even a slight move of your mouse shouldn't remove the tooltip. There used to be a 5 second timer, but that was removed in bug 395668. So I don't understand why you see that behavior.

Are you sure it's not caused by one of your extensions ?

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This is most likely caused by the google toolbar. If I had to take a guess.

Comment 5

[Jeff]

Thx. for responses--will try your suggestions and get back.

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.