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ron_1
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by ron_1 » 2025-09-03, 20:14
Operating system: Devuan GNU/Linux 5
Browser version: 33.8.2 GTK 2 SSE2
32-bit or 64-bit browser?: 64-bit
Problem URL:
https://www.linux.org/whats-new/
So I didn't put this in Web Compatibility Support because the website works as intended (and that's the problem).
It's a forum, and when you hover over a link to a thread, a "popup" appears that gives a preview of the thread. I'd like to stop that from happening. Is there something I can adjust in the browser for this? I can't turn it off from the website itself. Thanks.
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Moonchild
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by Moonchild » 2025-09-03, 20:54
You can set dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled to false.
Note that this may break functionality on some other websites that you may want.
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UCyborg
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by UCyborg » 2025-09-03, 21:08
^^Did you try it on this site specifically? It doesn't seem to change anything. Oh, maybe I need to restart... If effective, wouldn't it also break links being underlined on hover?
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Moonchild
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by Moonchild » 2025-09-03, 21:11
I tested it on the site and it effectively removed the pop-ups for me.
No restart required, even.
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ron_1
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by ron_1 » 2025-09-03, 21:19
Well this is weird. Changing that pref in a clean new profile works, but it does not work in my current profile. I have verified (twice) that the setting to "false" has stuck. So what could be causing this? Can any of my extensions be blocking this fix?
deCDN
Downloads Window
Show My Password
Stay-Open Menu
ThemeTool
uBlock Origin
EDIT
Disabling my extensions didn't help.
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by adoxa » 2025-09-04, 00:52
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by ron_1 » 2025-09-04, 08:23
I don't see this in uBo anywhere.
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by adoxa » 2025-09-04, 14:01
Open the Dashboard, select "My filters", enter
||www.linux.org/js/xf/tooltip.min.js, click "Apply changes". (At least, I guess that's what you're supposed to do, I don't use uBo.)
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by ron_1 » 2025-09-04, 20:44
adoxa wrote: ↑2025-09-04, 14:01
Open the Dashboard, select "My filters", enter
||www.linux.org/js/xf/tooltip.min.js, click "Apply changes". (At least, I guess that's what you're supposed to do, I don't use uBo.)
Followed your instructions, and so far it seems to be working. Thanks a bunch. By the way, how did you find that address for the js tooltip?
I'll wait a few days before I mark this thread as solved.
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by adoxa » 2025-09-05, 00:50
ron_1 wrote: ↑2025-09-04, 20:44
By the way, how did you find that address for the js tooltip?
Inspected the element, saw it used a "preview" attribute, searched for that in the debugger, that was the file that used it.
