Notification area tooltip always shown

[red197]

Hi there,

Great tool tool. However, just wanted to write that often a box with a line of text (see attached image) appears in the upper left corner of my screen and sits up there, overlaying the menu of the current program I am working in and making it impossible to access menu commands or select tabs under the box if I am using a browser. It appears and eventually goes away at random it seems, but often I have to disable WinCompose to be able to work.

I'm using the latest version Windows 10 (on a Microsoft Surface.)

Thanks and best, Erica

[greywatcher]

I have the same issue from time to time.

[samhocevar]

This is the popup that appears when the mouse pointer hovers the notificatuon icon. Could you maybe provide a screenshot so that I can understand how it happens?

[red197]

Here's the screenshot. Look at the upper lefthand corner.

[red197]

Here's another one. This shows how the pop-up covers up the menu in the program which makes it impossible to work in it...

[second2050]

A workaround I often use when this happens (not only with WinCompose but also with apps like DS4Windows) I just hover over the tray icon of the app and move the cursor it should then disappear.

[KotRToI]

Issue is still present in the current version (v0.9.8). The temp fix proposed by @second2050 works for me, but would prefer not having to use it.

[samhocevar]

Hi! And thank you for being patient. I believe this issue may be fixed in WinCompose 0.9.11. Could you please test the new version?

[second2050]

@samhocevar so far on my side I couldn't get that bug to show up again in 0.9.11; so on my side atleast it seems to be fixed

[red197]

Thanks Sam!

On Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 14:20 second2050 @.***> wrote:

@samhocevar https://github.com/samhocevar so far on my side I couldn't get that bug to show up again in 0.9.11; so on my side atleast it seems to be fixed

— You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose/issues/350#issuecomment-916040254, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQTKQBU7PI6OS2C6FRF5GZLUBCRCDANCNFSM4P6TIZIA . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675 or Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub.

[hammerquill]

I just encountered this bug for the first time, on 0.9.11. So it's not fixed. Unclear to me what triggered it.

[gitterman]

I am on 0.9.11 on Windows 11, and I am nagged too recently by the tooltip from wincompose which frequently appears and stays open, even without hovering over the tray icon at all. I guess the issue came up after I had updated windows to 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5027231) some weeks ago. I have all tray icons set to be shown in the taskbar settings, which is a security and usability issue for me. I have also set the taskbar to auto-hide so that it doesn't take screen estate when not needed.