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How do I get the bottom status bar to show date when I mouse over it?

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The bottom right-hand corner of my display shows the current time. Sometimes when I mouse over it the day and date appear, sometimes not. Can I make this more consistent?

The bottom right-hand corner of my display shows the current time. Sometimes when I mouse over it the day and date appear, sometimes not. Can I make this more consistent?

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This doesn't sound like a built-in feature. Are you mousing over the Windows XP Task Bar, or is it displayed on the Firefox Add-on bar?

For the Windows task bar, if a tooltip doesn't show within a few seconds, I generally mouse over something else and then come back to it to see whether it works on the second try...

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This doesn't sound like a built-in feature. Are you mousing over the Windows XP Task Bar, or is it displayed on the Firefox Add-on bar?

For the Windows task bar, if a tooltip doesn't show within a few seconds, I generally mouse over something else and then come back to it to see whether it works on the second try...