Popup Tooltips in World Clock
Each taskbar clock displayed by World Clock may have a configurable tooltip popping up when the mouse is over it.
World Clock showing a tooltip for London clock
You can display the following things in tooltips:
- City photo.
- Clock label and the current time.
- Current date.
- Calendar.
Below is a tooltip example with calendar for London clock.
World Clock showing a tooltip with calendar
Alternatively, instead of showing the info about one location in tooltip, you can display multiple clocks there.
World Clock showing a tooltip with 5 clocks
Configuring Tooltip Appearance
To configure tooltips, open
Preferences and navigate to the
Appearance in taskbar page.
Appearance in taskbar page in World Clock Preferences
Here is what tooltip options do:
- Show tooltips - enables or disables tooltips altogether.
- Show all clocks in tooltip - when enabled, shows all clocks in tooltip. When disabled, only a single clock is displayed.
- Show calendar - adds a calendar to tooltip.
Date Format in Tooltip
The date in tooltip is displayed in the long date format as specified in your system regional options. If you must change it, open Control Panel - Region and Language applet and change the
Long date value.
Changing the long date format in Control Panel - Region and Language
Enabling / Disabling City Photos
Availability of city photos in tooltip is controlled on the General page in Preferences. The
Show city photos switch enables the city photos feature for World Clock as a whole.
Enable city photos in World Clock on the General page in Preferences
