Can I disable text popups when cursor hovers in Safari?

[LaughingWarrior]

Much of my online time is spent in various forums, and I find it very frustrating when my cursor is on the link to a thread, or on the link to a user's screen name; a text box pops up covering part of the content on the screen.

I'd like to disable this so I don't constantly have to hunt for a 'blank' space to park my cursor every time I load a page and wish to scroll through it.

Is that possible?

I'm on Safari 9.1 in OSX 10.11.3.

Thanks!

 

[cradom]

No, but you can extend the time before they appear so much they might as well be off: http://www.macworld.com/article/1055202/termtooltips.html

 

[LaughingWarrior]

Thanks cradom.

I read through the instructions in the article, and entered the Terminal commands just as they're presented, but nothing happened with respect to these 'tool tips' popups.

 

[cradom]

Did you restart? Usually changing stuff doesn't change what's in the cache so it's not read until a restart.

 

[LaughingWarrior]

Hmm. I didn't realize that.

In fact, I still haven't restarted, but since waking my MBA from sleep, the setting seems to have taken hold.

Thanks a million!

 

[IWT]

Much of my online time is spent in various forums, and I find it very frustrating when my cursor is on the link to a thread,

Correct me if I'm once again mistaken; but are these not these "previews" rather than tooltips?

Ian

 

[chscag]

Correct me if I'm once again mistaken; but are these not these "previews" rather than tooltips? Ian

You are correct Ian and I have already explained that to member Craig in another thread. The previews are a normal part of forum viewing and occur not only in our forums but others also.