Comment 18 for bug 132938

On 8/17/07, Alexander Sack <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 02:13:56PM -0000, Yves Orton wrote:
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > Binary package hint: firefox
> >
> > I have a page that is meant to be used as a firefox sidebar. When I have
> > img input control with tooltips associated to them (alt or title) i do
> > not see the tooltips when i hover over the img'es when loaded in a
> > sidebar. When the same page is loaded in a normal tab the tooltips are
> > visible.
>
> So how did you get that html page in there? A step by step instruction
> on how to do that would be much appreciated.
> --
> tooltips dont work in sidebar
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132938
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Ok, this is Mozzila 259199, whcih has an attached functional patch
which for some reason the mozilla team has not applied.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259199

The way to get a page to open in the sidebar is:

Bookmark a page.
View properties on the bookmark.
Turn on the checkbox marked "Load this bookmark in the sidebar".
Hover over an object that normally has a tooltip, note the tooltip doesnt show.
Right click on the side bar, in the "This Frame" submenu click on
"open frame in new tab"
Hover over an object on the tab and note the tooltip does show.

The patch in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=159272
when applied to firefox 2.0.0.6 resolves this issue.

Yves

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