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Tooltip bug fixed after 22 years (bikeshed.vibber.net)
submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Better late than never I guess?

Geez I just realized many people probably never lived to see this fixed... fuck. Now I'm sad and feeling extra mortal.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

Most of us are immortal this days. We like to hang out in the deep blue sea

[–] fossisfun@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh no, I thought that was a feature. I came to rely on it to transcribe long tab titles into my text editor. Is there any way to restore the old behaviour in Firefox? Otherwise I'll have to stick with Firefox 118 or switch web browsers, since Firefox 119 seems to break my longstanding workflow. :(

Any ideas?

[–] fossisfun@lemmy.ml 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

(Hopefully) obviously /s

Thanks for fixing this issue! I didn't even know until today that it affected non-Linux systems as well.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 51 points 2 years ago

And here is an example of a Priority 4, Severity 4 bug, and the average time it takes to fix such bugs.

[–] squid@feddit.uk 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I saw this in a few applications, I wonder if it's a general bug with shared software code

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Not many projects reuse anything from Firefox.

[–] pickscrape@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Finally! This one has bugged me for so long...

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 28 points 2 years ago

The real Bugzilla

[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I genuinely assumed that was a GTK bug, the more you know

[–] snowe@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I never realized this was Firefox at all. I swear I saw it in other applications.

[–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Hell I see this in Windows all the time. I think tooltips are hard!

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This bug must've been older than millions of Firefox users.

[–] Kuba@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah this bug is 8 Years older than me

[–] SpaceXplorer_8042@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

4 older than me. Holy shit now that hits different.

[–] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 13 points 2 years ago

Oh. My. God.

Definitely one of the changes I'll be most appreciative of, that was incredibly annoying.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Link to Bugzilla

[–] owatnext@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Did they finally fix that?!?! Time to run a few xbps commands!! Why am I so pumped about this? Hopefully this includes the download preview panel, too!

[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Never had that problem myself. Now I feel left out.

[–] Takios@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That I would see this day...I can die in peace now.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Oh come on. Enjoy the patch a little first, then go!

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

these sticky tooltips, man...

even Windows has a sticky tooltip bug with the system tray since... well, since the system tray exists that isn't resolved (when it's on either side of the monitor)

[–] Krafting@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Oh.. finally!

[–] GenBlob@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Damn. I have dealt with this for so long that I forgot it was even a bug.

[–] Cycloprolene@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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