# Adjusting time for mouse-over text **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800 "2010-01-13T17:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/1 "2010-01-13T17:30:04Z")
Firefox/3.5.7 Win 7. Is there a way to adjust the time mouse-over text remains up? It seems that there is too much to read many times and moving the cursor off then on also moves the text, I wind up spending too long just finding my place. Is it possible to enlarge the font, larger letters would be much easier to read. Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/2 "2010-01-13T19:05:22Z")
I seem to recall there was an add-in for this - but I can’t find it now. I’ll look a little more. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/3 "2010-01-13T19:45:45Z")
I’ve been wondering this, too. I believe Google Chromium leaves up the text until you move your mouse, which is much better. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/4 "2010-01-13T19:54:03Z")
I [asked this question years ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=274366) but didn’t really get any sort of an answer. Hopefully someone can come up with something this time, because it annoys me too! ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/5 "2010-01-13T20:50:31Z")
There may be something about this in Firefox about:config. I didn’t look further. Google ~ about:config and go to knowledge base, I think, and there is a link in there for many options, features, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Henrichek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/6 "2010-01-13T21:36:16Z")
Found this in a quick search, though there might be others: [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11233](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11233) IIRC the problem has also been fixed in Firefox 3.6 release candidates, so in the future you won’t need an addon. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/7 "2010-01-13T22:08:28Z")
That worked, thanks **Henrichek**! ---
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/8 "2010-01-14T05:49:49Z")
> [@Henrichek](#): > > Found this in a quick search, though there might be others: > [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11233](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11233) Hallelujah, Henrichek Thank you very much. Now I don’t even have to read the short ones twice, trying to beat the timeout. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/9 "2010-01-14T17:27:06Z")
Awesome find, **Henrichek**. I forget the details, but I believe the hover-over text USED to persist, and then some upgrade did away with it. I know I filed a bug report, and so did many others. For awhile, I received emails about test patches people were developing, but I never understood how to test them out myself. Then I dumped my ISP and stopped receiving updates. This add-on is awesome (but really shouldn’t be necessary at all.) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/10 "2010-01-14T18:21:17Z")
Is there a similar extension for Chrome users? ---
**Author:** ![Henrichek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-time-for-mouse-over-text/524800/11 "2010-01-14T19:58:10Z")
> [@smoke](#): > > This add-on is awesome (but really shouldn’t be necessary at all.) Thanks! I agree, but as I said, the problem is fixed for Firefox 3.6 which is due to be released soon, and then the addon will be unnecessary as it should be. There is already a release candidate available that should be stable at this point, and it can be downloaded here: > **[Download Firefox in English (US) and more than 90 other languages](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/desktop-beta/)** > > Everyone deserves access to the internet — your language should never be a barrier. That’s why — with the help of dedicated volunteers around the world — we make Firefox available in more than 90 languages.