From a7a71eb1393a30469c23a67d8c025023ff5164ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timrid <6593626+timrid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:12:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] tests: hopefully fix the flaky ci tests

---
 tests/wx_integration/test_wx_hover_tooltip.py | 3 ++-
 tests/wx_integration/wx_test_helpers.py       | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/wx_integration/test_wx_hover_tooltip.py b/tests/wx_integration/test_wx_hover_tooltip.py
index dab5aa2..d4b6284 100644
--- a/tests/wx_integration/test_wx_hover_tooltip.py
+++ b/tests/wx_integration/test_wx_hover_tooltip.py
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ def test_switching_to_different_hoverable_content_does_not_flicker_hide_the_old_
     # hover is pending, so the still-shown old popup must not flicker-hide
     # while waiting for the new content's own show delay to elapse.
     anchor_b = wx.Rect(anchor_a.x, anchor_a.y - 20, 10, 10)
-    wx_harness.move_mouse_to(anchor_b.GetPosition(), delay_ms=0)
+    wx_harness.move_mouse_direct(anchor_b.GetPosition())
     tooltip.notify_hover("content-b", anchor_b)
+    wx_harness.wait_ms(_SHOW_DELAY_MS // 2)
 
     # Check that the tooltip is still showing the old content
     popup = tooltip._popup
diff --git a/tests/wx_integration/wx_test_helpers.py b/tests/wx_integration/wx_test_helpers.py
index 5fe4749..757f273 100644
--- a/tests/wx_integration/wx_test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/wx_integration/wx_test_helpers.py
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ def move_mouse_to(self, point: wx.Point, delay_ms: int = 150) -> None:
         sim = self.ui_simulator
         self._run_steps([lambda: sim.MouseMove(point.x, point.y)], delay_ms)
 
+    def move_mouse_direct(self, point: wx.Point) -> None:
+        """Move the simulated mouse cursor to an absolute screen point
+        immediately, without any delay or intermediate steps.
+        """
+        self.ui_simulator.MouseMove(point.x, point.y)
+
     def move_mouse_linear(
         self,
         point: wx.Point,