always show tooltips in preferences

mixxxdj · Jul 29, 2021 · 6b47edc · 6b47edc
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commit 6b47edc
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/mixxxmainwindow.cpp b/src/mixxxmainwindow.cpp
@@ -1073,8 +1073,11 @@ bool MixxxMainWindow::loadConfiguredSkin() {
 
 bool MixxxMainWindow::eventFilter(QObject* obj, QEvent* event) {
     if (event->type() == QEvent::ToolTip) {
-        // return true for no tool tips
-        switch (m_toolTipsCfg) {
+        // always show tooltips in the preferences window
+        QWidget* actWin = QApplication::activeWindow();
+        if (actWin && QLatin1String(actWin->metaObject()->className()) != "DlgPreferences") {
+            // return true for no tool tips
+            switch (m_toolTipsCfg) {
             case mixxx::TooltipsPreference::TOOLTIPS_ONLY_IN_LIBRARY:
                 if (dynamic_cast<WBaseWidget*>(obj) != nullptr) {
                     return true;
@@ -1087,6 +1090,7 @@ bool MixxxMainWindow::eventFilter(QObject* obj, QEvent* event) {
             default:
                 DEBUG_ASSERT(!"m_toolTipsCfg value unknown");
                 return true;
+            }
         }
     }
     // standard event processing