Name of the element that pops up when you mouse over a folder in Windows 10?

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What is the name of the element that pops up when you hold your mouse/pointer over a folder in Windows 10? I've included a snippet below of the informational pop-up I'm referring to.

I tried searching for this everywhere because I was wanting to decrease the amount of time required for that specific window to pop up, if at all possible. Unfortunately the search was fruitless since I can't seem to find anything on what this pop-up is specifically called - or if it's even possible to reduce the amount of time required for it to pop up.

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '20 at 20:02

This is called the "Pop-up Description", and it can be disabled and enabled (see link).

The time it takes for it to pop up is called the "Mouse Hover Time". It is specified in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse, item named MouseHoverTime, specifying the time to pop up in milliseconds (400 milliseconds is the default).

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '20 at 20:09

AFAIK, there is no way to control the info pop-up delay without rewriting Windows. The Registry switch for the feature is at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced, ShowInfoTip.

There might be some features in Windows Ease of Access settings that affect the delay of the info pop-up, but they would likely increase it.

There is a value ExtendedUIHoverTime, but that seems to be only for the delay for the preview of an item in the Taskbar.

Name of the element that pops up when you mouse over a folder in Windows 10?

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