The thumbnail previews of windows irritate me enormously, as they get in the way, so I turn them off with.
Applets -> Window List -> Configure -> "Show Window Thumbnails on Hover" = Off
Well I used to anyway ... with a recent update to something, the Hovering Thumbnails are back, even though the setting is Off.
How do I turn them off now?
[Solved] Can't Disable Hovering Thumbnails
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[Solved] Can't Disable Hovering Thumbnails
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Re: Can't Disable Hovering Thumbnails
I looked in all the settings from "gsettings list-recursively" and there's nothing in there which controls the hovering thumbnails. Where is the setting held?
I did this on a machine where the hover setting is working correctly and can be toggled on and off.
Then I changed the hover setting, and did
showed no difference between the settings.
I did this on a machine where the hover setting is working correctly and can be toggled on and off.
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gsettings list-recursively > before.txt
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gsettings list-recursively > after.txt
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diff before.txt after.txt
Re: Can't Disable Hovering Thumbnails
OK, finally found the setting ...
~/.cinnamon/configs/window-list@cinnamon.org
Contains 3.json and 4.json. It seems Cinnamon picks the highest numbered one. There's a stanza at the end containing
And if you change value: true to false, and restart cinnamon, the hovers go away.
I was hesitant to do this at first as the config file contains an md5 sum at the end, which I thought might check for file integrity, but it seems that's ignored. However, do take a backup of the file before changing it anyway.
Can't figure out how to mark this as Solved
~/.cinnamon/configs/window-list@cinnamon.org
Contains 3.json and 4.json. It seems Cinnamon picks the highest numbered one. There's a stanza at the end containing
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"window-preview": {
"type": "switch",
"default": true,
"description": "Show window thumbnails on hover",
"value": true
},
I was hesitant to do this at first as the config file contains an md5 sum at the end, which I thought might check for file integrity, but it seems that's ignored. However, do take a backup of the file before changing it anyway.
Can't figure out how to mark this as Solved
Re: Can't Disable Hovering Thumbnails
By editing the first post and adding [SOLVED] to the title. Pretty much like you disabled the unwanted thumbnail setting.hkphooey wrote:Can't figure out how to mark this as Solved
If your issue is solved, kindly indicate that by editing the first post in the topic, and adding [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks!
Re: [Solved] Can't Disable Hovering Thumbnails
Well it wasn't exactly obvious. Which I guess is why you have it in your forum signature. Some BBSes have a button for it.