Anyway to disable mouse-over text boxes in Firefox?

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I'm not sure if this is a Windows or a Firefox thing, but I would like to disable these mouse-over text boxes that appear in Firefox. I have looked all over and can't figure out how to turn them off. Any help would be appreciated.
 

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the mouseover effect is hard coded in the HTML ... you can't disable it as far as i know..
 

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The best you can do is press shift or ctrl as you hover over them. That will kill the pop up box.
 

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Tews said:
the mouseover effect is hard coded in the HTML ... you can't disable it as far as i know..
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+1. It's quite handy imo.
 

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The best you can do is press shift or ctrl as you hover over them. That will kill the pop up box.
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Thanks Kegobeer, that's a cool little trick that seems to do the job. I still wish there was a way to just turn it off completely.
 

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You have to disable javascript, I'm afraid. I can't stand those stupid pop-ups, and I wish there was something else I could do.
 

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That's alright, both ctrl and shift work fine. Thanks for the tip.
 

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Yes, does not bother me as such, in fact I quite like the 'preview' given but thanks for the useful tip keg.
 

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You have to disable javascript, I'm afraid. I can't stand those stupid pop-ups, and I wish there was something else I could do.
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that has nothing to do with javascript kegobeer. its the title attribute for a link and disabling javascript won't disable it
 

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Slimer said:
I'm not sure if this is a Windows or a Firefox thing, but I would like to disable these mouse-over text boxes that appear in Firefox. I have looked all over and can't figure out how to turn them off. Any help would be appreciated.
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Browser.chrome.toolbar tips - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

When you hover your mouse cursor over various UI elements, a tooltip will often be displayed with descriptive text.
This preference determines whether or not Mozilla will display tooltips.
Possible values and their effects
True
Show tooltips for toolbar buttons, bookmarks, web content, and other items. (Default)
False
Hide all tooltips.

Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey
The checkbox “Show Tooltips” under “Edit → Preferences → Appearance” toggles this preference between true and false.

Mozilla Suite (all versions since 0.6)
Mozilla Firefox (all versions)
SeaMonkey (all versions)
 

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supremetwo said:
Slimer said:
I'm not sure if this is a Windows or a Firefox thing, but I would like to disable these mouse-over text boxes that appear in Firefox. I have looked all over and can't figure out how to turn them off. Any help would be appreciated.
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Browser.chrome.toolbar tips - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

When you hover your mouse cursor over various UI elements, a tooltip will often be displayed with descriptive text.
This preference determines whether or not Mozilla will display tooltips.
Possible values and their effects
True
Show tooltips for toolbar buttons, bookmarks, web content, and other items. (Default)
False
Hide all tooltips.

Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey
The checkbox “Show Tooltips” under “Edit → Preferences → Appearance” toggles this preference between true and false.

Mozilla Suite (all versions since 0.6)
Mozilla Firefox (all versions)
SeaMonkey (all versions)
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That is for the Firefox toolbar tooltips. That will not disable the hover tooltips on the page.
 

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Slimer said:
I'm not sure if this is a Windows or a Firefox thing, but I would like to disable these mouse-over text boxes that appear in Firefox. I have looked all over and can't figure out how to turn them off. Any help would be appreciated.
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I noticed a small 'disable' inside these annoying little boxes...so I clicked on it and it opened a box that let me disable it. IT IS A WINDOWS 7 thing. Good luck!
 

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swissbonnie said:
Slimer said:
I'm not sure if this is a Windows or a Firefox thing, but I would like to disable these mouse-over text boxes that appear in Firefox. I have looked all over and can't figure out how to turn them off. Any help would be appreciated.
Click to expand...

I noticed a small 'disable' inside these annoying little boxes...so I clicked on it and it opened a box that let me disable it. IT IS A WINDOWS 7 thing. Good luck!
Click to expand...

I got the same problem. Not just on firefox, but also on windows 7, and yes you are right it is a windows 7 thing. Although, I don't see that disable thing.
 

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