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I've been using Rajat's IntelliSense script for a little while now. I noticed, that sometimes the tooltips didn't go away. So I tried to change the script to ensure this. But somehow the ultimate solution kept on eluding me.

So I wonder, if it wouldn't be nice to add a parameter to the tooltip command to specify the amount of time the tooltip is visible before it automatically disappears again.

But let me also say, that I'm very impressed, with all the things you can do with AHK and the speed with which you people respond in this forum.

You may have a look at the manual. If you look up ToolTip, you'll find an example on how to remove the tooltip after a specific time.

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Ciao
toralf

Thanks for the tip. Works like a charm.

Nevertheless I think it would be nice to have this feature packed into the ToolTip command itself, maybe as an optional parameter.

Good idea!

ToolTip, This will be displayed for 5 seconds.,,,,5000

is much shorter than:

ToolTip, This will be displayed for 5 seconds.
SetTimer, RemoveToolTip, 5000
return

RemoveToolTip:
SetTimer, RemoveToolTip, Off
ToolTip
return

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regards km

In many cases, you could put the Sleep directly after the ToolTip without having to use SetTimer:

ToolTip Text
Sleep 5000
ToolTip ; Turn off the tip.

I realize there are times when you want the script to continue executing while the tip is displayed. But I wonder if the percentage of those times is high enough to justify a built-in feature. In any case, I'll put it on the to-do list.

I often need this kind of timed ToolTip, and realized its limitations. Now I use TrayTip,,Text in the development phase, which disappears by itself after a while, and replace it at the very end with a GUI, where I have control over the font, the size, etc.

Thanks, but it's only a "nice to have" feature, not really very important. So move it at the bottom of your list...

So we could postpone the day when your list will be empty

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regards km