Merlin’s Delphi Forge

There is really no way to set the standard hint window to be always visible. The trick is to set the HintHidePause to a large value. 10 minutes should almost always be enough. The hint window is shown only when the user moves the mouse over a component and the keyboard is inactive. Not many users keep the cursor over a control longer than 10 minutes…:) The default value it 2500 miliseconds (2,5 seconds).

  (* The value has to be set in miliseconds.
  **
  ** Idea:
  **   10 (minutes) * 60 (seconds) * 1000 (convert to miliseconds)
  *)
  Application.HintHidePause := 600000;

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