On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 15:22, Ralf Mardorf via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Both, xfce4-panel as well as xfce4-power-manager depends on libxfce4ui > and libxfce4ui depends on gtk2 and gtk3, so you might need to > configure .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini, too. > > FWIW I'm using lxpanel and fbpanel, both depend on gtk2 only. I neither > have a tooltip setting in my .gtkrc-2.0, nor in > the .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini, but tooltips are shown by the panel. > > My guess is that Xfce4 is a gtk2/gtk3 hybrid, still migrating from one > to the other, but I might be mistaken. > I don't actually have a settings.ini in that folder. I looked up the GTK+ 3 reference manual, and there is a 'gtk-enable-tooltips' property, but it is deprecated and ignored since 3.10. I created the file and added the line anyway, but that didn't solve the problem.
