A small question about Everything

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fxxxxxxxxxx
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A small question about Everything

Post by fxxxxxxxxxx »

Hello!
While using Everything, I noticed that some files display a yellow box when hovered over, while others do not. What does this yellow box indicate? Can it be turned off My version is V1.5.0.1396a
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void
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Re: A small question about Everything

Post by void »

It's a tooltip.

It can be disabled under Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> listview_tooltips
fxxxxxxxxxx
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Re: A small question about Everything

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Thanks for your reply.
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Re: A small question about Everything

Post by santilli »

fxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Fri Jan 23, 2026 10:26 am Thanks for your reply.
when the value is too big for its column, the tooltip will display the full value, in this case it is showing the file name. it will only appear in names that are too big. but with that color scheme it will not be very useful.
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Re: A small question about Everything

Post by void »

I would love to fix this issue.

However, I would need to see debug logs to try to work out what is happening.

Everything 1.5.0.1405a adds some debug information that will help find the issue.

Could you please send the debug information with listview_tooltips enabled:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    tooltip
  • Select: listview_tooltips
  • Set the value to: true
  • Click OK.
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Start Debug Logging.
  • Hover over a long item in your result list with ...
  • Wait for the tooltip tip to show.
  • From the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Stop Debug Logging.
    --This will open your %TEMP%\Everything Debug Log.txt in Notepad.
  • Please upload this file in a bug report.
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Re: A small question about Everything

Post by void »

Another option is to set the tooltip theme to Everything which doesn't have the text rendering issue:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    tooltip
  • Select: tooltip_theme
  • Set the value to: Everything
  • Click OK.
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