Skim / Feature Requests / #1622 Disable TOC hover text previews/add preference for same

Christiaan Hofman - 2021-09-20

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Christiaan Hofman - 2021-09-20

There is a hidden pref for this. See the Wiki for details.

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Charles Sprickman - 2021-09-26

Just appending a note for anyone else finding this.

Hidden settings doc is here: https://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/wiki/Hidden_Preferences/

And this specific setting is "SKDisableTableToolTips", so defaults write -app Skim SKDisableTableToolTips -boolean true should disable it.

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Nic Plum - 2022-03-23

1) Skim 1.6.9 (139). Using the defaults write -app Skim SKDisableTableToolTips -boolean true doesn't stop the preview. Tried quitting and launching Skim but previews still appear.
2) An important user display preference shouldn't be left to a hidden switch which

can change or be removed at any time

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- Christiaan Hofman - 2022-03-23
  
  Works for me. Perhaps you misspelled the key? It is case sensitive.
  
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Nic Plum - 2022-03-23

I copied the text directy from this thread.

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- Nic Plum - 2022-03-23
  
  Just to make sure that there wasn't some weird permissions problem I also tried using the sudo user and this made no different - still no change using defaults write -app Skim SKDisableTableToolTips -boolean true
  
  Does Skim require Full Disk Access for this to work?
  
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  - Christiaan Hofman - 2022-03-23
    
    As noted in the Wiki, sometimes you need to type the id of the app rather than '-app Skim'.
    
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    - Christiaan Hofman - 2022-03-23
      
      And also, you should set the preference when Skim is not running.
      
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      - Nic Plum - 2022-03-23
        
        That was it. Restarting doesn't help. Different to changing defaults for Finder.
        
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    - Nic Plum - 2022-03-23
      
      All the more reason for a proper preference then as I assume that the ID is dynamically assigned.
      
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      - Christiaan Hofman - 2022-03-23
        
        No, it the identifier of the app. For Skim it is net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim
        
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    - Nic Plum - 2022-03-23
      
      I looked but can't see any reference to an 'ID'. on the hidden settings page In any case if Skim isn't running will there be an app ID to refer to?
      
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      - Christiaan Hofman - 2022-03-23
        
        It is there, look for the alternative command. It is
        defaults write net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim SKDisableTableToolTips -bool true
        
        And you don't need special permissions or sudo.
        
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Nic Plum - 2022-03-23

It would make more sense to set the default to true(having a large and changing area displayed on moving the mouse over a TOC is extremely distracting and interferes with viewing the structure

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