Completely disable tooltips

[ExeCRutR]

A guildmate of mine is fed up of those tooltips popping up in the bottom right corner.
Is there any way to completely disable tooltips with or without an addon?

[Dridzt]

/run GameTooltip.Show = GameTooltip_Hide

[ExeCRutR]

Thank you, he's tryin it out right now.

Guess to re-activate them he has to type

/run GameTooltip.Show = GameTooltip_Show

[Dridzt]

I'm not in-game to test but no that won't reactivate them.
(for one there's no GameTooltip_Show function)

To have the ability to revert he'd need to either "store" the original function before replacing it
and "put it back" later to re-activate tooltips or use a different method.

This might work.
Turning tooltips off:

/run GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow",GameTooltip_Hide)

Turning them back on:

/run GameTooltip:SetScript("OnShow",nil)

[mad727]

Ive been dreaming of this off/on feature. We'll relative to Warcraft, i do have other dreams. Like a Goblin Monk.
Thank you

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Dridzt To have the ability to revert he'd need to either "store" the original function before replacing it and "put it back" later to re-activate tooltips or use a different method.

Or just reload his UI. Though I never understand why people want to hide the tooltips - they have such useful information that you don't find anywhere else.

[semlar]

Originally Posted by Seerah Though I never understand why people want to hide the tooltips - they have such useful information that you don't find anywhere else.

I could see disabling it under certain conditions, or possibly adjusting it in some way. I can't recall off the top of my head when, but I feel like there have been times when it's been in the way, particularly at lower resolutions.

If you could define exactly what the problem is with the tooltips, perhaps a better solution could be offered.

There are addons that let you change where they're anchored and how they look, though.

[jeffy162]

You can use xanTooltipHoudini to hide the tool tips in combat. It's 4.3 compliant and it works well.