[Pidgin] #8150: patch: tooltip window closed on keypress

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#8150: patch: tooltip window closed on keypress
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 Reporter:  karvanitis  |        Owner:              
     Type:  patch       |       Status:  new         
Milestone:              |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.4       |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  tooltip     |  
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Comment(by karvanitis):

 It is possible to get the tooltip to stay around in the buddy list while
 typing (at least on the Windows build).

 To reproduce the issue a) open a conversation box b) set focus to the
 conversation box text input field c) hover the mouse over a buddy in the
 buddy list to bring up the tooltip d) start typing. Notice that the
 tooltip does not disapear.

 Overall, the tooltips, in general with Pidgin, seem to be behave
 inappropriately. In that they do not disappear when they should, and in
 that they appear when they should not.

 In hopes of correcting these issues I've entered a seperate patch to do
 with the placement of the tooltip window.

 http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8148


 While the above patch is simply that, I've also been contemplating a
 possible "re-write" of the tooltip code to use the native GTK tooltip
 widgets api's, as opposed to the current pidgin implementation which
 attempts to roll its own solution.

 However, I do not know wjat stance of the developer team would take on
 such an undertaking as it would break API as well as ABI. I am open to
 discussion however.

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