You can use mouse clicks on window mode lines to select and manipulate
windows.
+ Some areas of the mode line, such as the buffer name and the major
+mode name, have their own special mouse bindings. These areas are
+highlighted when you hold the mouse over them, and information about
+the special bindings will be displayed (@pxref{Tooltips}).
+
+ You can also click on areas of the mode line that do not have
+special mouse bindings of their own. This has the following effects:
+
@table @kbd
@item Mouse-1
@kindex Mouse-1 @r{(mode line)}
@kbd{C-Mouse-2} on a scroll bar splits the corresponding window
vertically. @xref{Split Window}.
- The commands above apply to areas of the mode line which do not have
-special mouse bindings of their own. Some areas, such as the buffer
-name and the major mode name, have their own special mouse bindings.
-Emacs displays information about these bindings when you hold the
-mouse over such a place (@pxref{Tooltips}).
-
@node Creating Frames
@section Creating Frames
@cindex creating frames
@node Tooltips
@section Tooltips
+@cindex tooltips
- Tooltips are small windows that display text information at the
+ @dfn{Tooltips} are small windows that display text information at the
current mouse position. They activate when there is a pause in mouse
-movement.
-
-There are two types of tooltip: help tooltips and GUD tooltips.
+movement. There are two types of tooltip: help tooltips and GUD
+tooltips.
-Help tooltips typically display over text--including the mode
-line--but may be also available for many other parts of the Emacs
-frame such as the toolbar and menu items.
+ @dfn{Help tooltips} typically display over text---including the mode
+line---but may be also available for many other parts of the Emacs
+frame such as the tool bar and menu items.
@findex tooltip-mode
You can toggle help tooltips (Tooltip mode) with the command
-@kbd{M-x tooltip-mode}. When Tooltip mode is disabled, the help text
+ @kbd{M-x tooltip-mode}. When Tooltip mode is disabled, the help text
is displayed in the echo area instead.
-GUD tooltips are useful when you are debugging a
-program. @xref{Debugger Operation}.
+ @dfn{GUD tooltips} show values of variables. They are useful when
+you are debugging a program. @xref{Debugger Operation}.
@vindex tooltip-delay
The variables @code{tooltip-delay} specifies how long Emacs should