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Raf
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White hover box

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Why is the Hover Box white?
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I set ALL COLORS to gray/black? How to change it?
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Also I find hardcoding the Shift key to open the Hover Box a weird solution: there are problems with losing selection or selecting unnecessary elements via Shift if sticky selection is not enabled. I think the Alt key is a better choice because it does not conflict with existing ways of interacting with files

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Re: White hover box

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Press B while the HoverBox is showing.
Using Shift to show HoverBox is optional.

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Re: White hover box

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jupe wrote: 26 May 2025 07:44 Using Shift to show HoverBox is optional.
Yeah, but I want to use another optional key without file selection conflicts...

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Re: White hover box

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Pressing Shift does not change the selection unless you enabled "Point to select".

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Re: White hover box

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admin wrote: 27 May 2025 09:05 Pressing Shift does not change the selection unless you enabled "Point to select".
I find hardcoding the Shift key to open the Hover Box a weird solution: there are problems with losing selection or selecting unnecessary elements via Shift if sticky selection is not enabled. I think the Alt key is a better choice because it does not conflict with existing ways of interacting with files

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Re: White hover box

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I don't get it.

1) Holding Shift does not affect selections.

2) If you have a problem with it simply untick Configuration | Information | File Info Tips & Hover Box | Show Hover Box | Only while the shift key is held down.

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Re: White hover box

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admin wrote: 29 May 2025 10:03 I don't get it.
Let's say I want to use some key to show the Hover Box because 90% of the time I don't want to see it. I only see the Shift key in the settings and have it enabled, I also have highlighting enabled when hovering over a file name/icon.

When I want to see info about a file I hold shift and move mouse pointer over the file. Everything is great until I want to see info about different files. In this case, if I select one file with the pointer, hold shift and select another file, I not only get a hover box, but also a group of files is selected. Either I have to keep track of which file I selected or use another key that does not overlap with file selection....
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Re: White hover box

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Are you using "Point to select"?

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Re: White hover box

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admin wrote: 30 May 2025 08:57 Are you using "Point to select"?
Yes. Selection is always triggered (by pointing the name or icon)

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Re: White hover box

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Well, you get what you ask for. This (bizarre) feature is indeed not fully compatible with the Shift-enabled Hover Box. You gotta choose.

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