[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 125944] Regression due to KDE5 VCL: calc shows formula tooltips covering the formula bar, making it impossible to see what one is typing

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125944

sergio.callegari at gmail.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Regression due to KDE5 VCL: |Regression due to KDE5 VCL:
                   |calc shows formula tooltips |calc shows formula tooltips
                   |over the formula bar,       |covering the formula bar,
                   |making it impossible to see |making it impossible to see
                   |what one is typing          |what one is typing

--- Comment #1 from sergio.callegari at gmail.com ---
Made some comparison with the gtk and KDE4 VCLs.

With the gtk3 VCL, the tooltip baloon is always shown completely above or below
the item it refers to and it is shaped to precisely point at the item it
describes (looks like a baloon with a little on the top or on the bottom).

With the KDE4 VCL, the tooltip baloon is always shown completely above or below
the item it refers to, it is shaped as a mere rectangle, aesthetically less
pleasing than the gtk3 version, but I guess this is a Qt limitation.

With the KDE5 VCL, the tooltip baloon looks like the one in KDE4, but control
on the position and shape is gone. The tooltip often is displayed in a
multiline fashion, taking a lot of vertical space and quite often goes over
what it is referring to, hiding it and hindering the possibility of editing the
item.

Because this issue makes it almost impossible to make any serious usage of the
formula bar in calc, I think it should be considered for bug 124044.

As a quick workaround, I suggest users to disable tooltips when using calc with
KDE5.

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