The Timeline Options" tooltip always appears under my pointer while recording, even if my pointer is over a window belonging to another app. It’s a browser window I’m reading copy from and scrolling through, even though Audacity is frontmost. Disabling “Show Timeline Tooltips” in Preferences:Interface has no effect on this specific tooltip.
Audacity 3.1.3, macOS 12.3.1, although was an issue in Audacity 2 as well.
steve
May 1, 2022, 2:16pm
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I think it’s a different bug, and I would bet the one I am reporting is Mac only.
opened 05:31PM - 28 Apr 22 UTC
closed 02:23PM - 23 May 23 UTC
bug
P4
macOS
**Describe the bug**
A (possibly errant) "Timeline Options" tooltip appears und… er my pointer upon hover while recording.
**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Commence recording using the 'R' hotkey.
2. Move mouse pointer anywhere, even outside the window of your current project.
3. Wait .5s or so for hover condition.
**Actual behavior**
"Timeline Options" help tag appears, will remain until you move and hover the mouse elsewhere. Clicking within the project window will dismiss the help tag.
**Expected behavior**
I’m unclear what the purpose of the help tag is, but in any case it's not contextual if I'm hovering over a window from another application.
**Additional information (please complete the following information):**
- OS: macOS 12.3.1
- Version: Audacity 3.1.3
**Additional context**
This behavior was present in Audacity 2 as well.
The reason this is an issue for me is because I am recording copy I’m reading from a browser window. I position my pointer over the window to scroll the page I am reading from, but I keep keyboard focus on the Audacity project window. The help tag consequently appears over the very copy I am trying to record!