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Please add a new keyboard shortcut that toggles on/off the setting Settings->Interface->Entity tooltip on the side.

Since this was added in 0.17 I have generally had this option enabled as I play on a 40" 4K screen and have to literally swivel my eyes to see the information at the side. But it's not something I can have enabled permanently, because sometimes the tooltip simply gets in the way of entities I want to look at, even with tweaking of Tooltip offset.

So I find myself quite regularly hitting Escape, choosing Settings, selecting Interface, toggling the option, then hitting Escape three more times to return to the game.

A small thing but it'd be great if I could toggle this with a simple keypress.

I feel the same.

I would simply like to list some solutions I can see:
(I refer to 'entity tooltips' as 'tooltips')

1) keybind to toggle tooltips being on the side or at the cursor, as already mentioned.
2) keybind to hold to switch positions.
3) keybind to toggle visibility of tooltips.
4) keybind to hold to hide/show tooltips (whether it hides or shows may be configurable in the settings).

multiple of these 4 solutions can be implemented at the same time, however it would greatly increase complexity of the settings screen and multiple new keyboard shortcuts just for the tooltip positioning and visibility - kind of unnecessary

the reason why I suggest to even fully hide the tooltip is because I find myself not needing the tooltip most of the time, but when I need it I like having it right next to the cursor.


thanks for reading

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/more-minimap-autohide-017
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/UI_Hotkeys

ssilk wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:36 am https://mods.factorio.com/mod/more-minimap-autohide-017
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/UI_Hotkeys

Neither of these mods provide the ability to adjust tooltip settings via hotkeys?

I want this too. In Space Age I am using pins frequently for navigation to all the different things I have to manage, and those take up a permanent place on the right side of the screen, ensuring that most tool-tips on the side are cut off, so I have to turn off this setting most of the time. Sometimes the tool-tip gets in the way and there isn't any simple way to get it out of the way. (Other fixes: Hold shift or alt? Manage its alignment more intelligently? Make it cover up the whole side-bar instead of getting cut off?)

Furthermore, to toggle the setting I have to keep hitting Esc (close UI, exit out of map view, move the remote-controlled vehicle into radar range, disconnect from the vehicle, exit map view) and only when I'm looking at my character's physical location will Esc get me to the main menu. Then after toggling the setting I have to find my way back to where I was before and try to remember what I was working on.

Even if there is a mod to fix this, it's useless for people playing vanilla and getting achievements.

Thank you!