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Bug 93818 - Tooltip telling the mime type for mouse-overed file in FileSel
Tooltip telling the mime type for mouse-overed file in FileSel
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 29087
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-09-21 09:49 UTC by Hakon
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
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Description Hakon 2002-09-21 09:49:02 UTC 
What if the fileselector would show a tooltip telling the mime type (and
familiar description) of the file, using magic? A timeout of 2 - 3 seconds
would be enough to aviod annoyance.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2002-09-26 18:46:31 UTC 
A complete rewrite of GtkFileSel is planned for 2.4

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 29087 ***