[sldev] Hover Text Gone Wild!

[Lawson English]

Jamey Fletcher wrote:
> Here's something a friend of mine happened to have an issue with the 
> other day, and looks like it's on the client side.  The Lindens have 
> downrated it to "Nice To Have", but in a hover-text crowded environment 
> like a store, it could make it very difficult to shop.
>
> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-6994 - "Avatar Rendering Cost" 
> (and other Info Displays) blank current hover text
>
> There's repro info, and someone has listed what they think is the 
> problematic section of code.  If I knew enough OO, I'd take a shot at it 
> myself.
>   

IIRC, floating text is part of the ObjectUpdate packet, which means its 
kinda a heavy call for sim <=> client traffic.


Lawson