uBO tooltips conflicts with browser tooltips (Legacy issue)

[THEtomaso]

Prerequisites

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Description

In Firefox Legacy browsers (e.g. Pale Moon and SeaMonkey), uBO tooltips are placed beneath browser tooltips

Screenshot:

Possible fix?:

If possible, perhaps browser tooltips should be disabled for uBO?
Since all of the browser tooltips only say "uBlock Origin", the only place where it makes sense to keep it is on the toolbar icon itself.

Reference:

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/22/#issuecomment-384240402
I've tried referencing to the post above before, but I think it has gone by unnoticed.

Your environment

• uBlock Origin version: 1.16.4.1 (XUL)
• Browser Name and version: Pale Moon v27.9.2,x64
• Operating System and version: Win8.1Pro,x64

[uBlock-user]

perhaps browser tooltips should be disabled for uBO?

That setting exists already, open the Settings page and put a tick on Disable tooltips.

[THEtomaso]

That setting exists already, open the Settings page and put a tick on Disable tooltips.

No, that disables uBO's tooltips, not browser tooltips.
Of course, there is this setting under the browsers about:config:
browser.chrome.toolbar_tips
..but changing its value will disable all browser tooltips in general.

[gorhill]

It's a browser issue.

And more generally, I won't spend time on the legacy version except for issues which are worth the time -- serious malfunctions or performance issues. Pull requests done with care are accepted.

[janekptacijarabaci]

@gorhill
I suggest adding to:
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/firefox-legacy-1.16.4.1/platform/firefox/vapi-background.js#L2697
this line:
toolbarButtonPanel.setAttribute('tooltiptext', '');

If I do not miss something...

[gorhill]

@janekptacijarabaci Thanks, this worked.

[janekptacijarabaci]

Thank you also, @gorhill