# Bring back the mouseover preview! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723 "2020-06-22T15:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/1 "2020-06-22T15:43:43Z")
When I mouseover a topic subject in the list I no longer see a preview pop-up that shows me the first few lines of the first post. Is that gone forever, or is there a configuration setting that I can’t find? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/2 "2020-06-22T15:47:09Z")
It’s not standard on Discourse. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/3 "2020-06-22T16:15:57Z")
What about the name of the person who wrote the op? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/4 "2020-06-22T16:17:52Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > What about the name of the person who wrote the op?  In the thread list, there are a line of avatars. The OP is always the first of those. If you don’t recognize the avatar, hover over it. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/5 "2020-06-22T17:05:00Z")
Thank you! I would “like” your post but they seem to have disabled the one thing I was excited about! ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/6 "2020-06-22T18:18:47Z")
It looks like there’s a [somewhat official plug-in](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-tooltips) to provide this functionality. I don’t know if we have the option to install stuff like this on a hosted instance. ---
**Author:** ![Dingbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/7 "2020-06-22T18:42:36Z")
Losing the mouseover function is a big detriment. We’d better have some very clear and accurate thread titles from here on out if we can’t mouseover to see what the topic is. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/8 "2020-06-22T20:00:09Z")
Yeah. I miss that. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/9 "2020-06-22T21:02:44Z")
Add me to the petition to restore the mouse-over preview if at all possible. ---
**Author:** ![AZRob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azrob/32/3003_2.png) [@AZRob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZRob)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/10 "2020-06-23T04:09:36Z")
Agree. I use(d) mouse-over frequently and really miss it. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/11 "2020-06-23T04:18:23Z")
From what I’ve heard, mouseover preview really causes problems with people who have poor vision and use special software to read the board. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/12 "2020-06-23T04:25:00Z")
If possible, it would be nice to have that as a user-selectable preference. That way, everyone’s as content as this bunch gets. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/13 "2020-06-23T18:59:25Z")
Yeah, I rarely click on a thread without checking the mouseover preview. I just can’t tell enough about how interested I might be without it. Please, bring it back lest I abandon SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/14 "2020-06-23T20:05:47Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > Yeah, I rarely click on a thread without checking the mouseover preview. I just can’t tell enough about how interested I might be without it I agree! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/15 "2020-06-23T20:30:27Z")
Another vote for bringing back the mouseover here. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/16 "2020-06-23T21:23:12Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > Yeah, I rarely click on a thread without checking the mouseover preview. I just can’t tell enough about how interested I might be without it. Please, bring it back lest I abandon SDMB. I can’t tell if there is a note of sarcasm here. When I see useless titles like “A Question” or “What do you think about this?” I won’t bother to click unless I check the mouseover. I can check 10 of those in a few seconds, but it’s not worth it to keep loading page after page of stuff that is irrelevant to me. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/17 "2020-06-23T21:46:11Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > From what I’ve heard, mouseover preview really causes problems with people who have poor vision and use special software to read Given that: > [@Seanette](#): > > it would be nice to have that as a user-selectable preference. I’d go for this, if it’s possible. People occasionally post thread titles that they presumably think are clear, but that are meaningless to me. The mouseover was nice. I’m certainly not going to threaten to leave over it, though. If it can be done without breaking something else or screwing up somebody else, then when you get that far down the list of Things to Fix please do so. If not, then oh well. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/18 "2020-06-23T22:11:53Z")
OK, the threat to abandon the Board was in jest. But I’d still like mouseovers back. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/19 "2020-06-23T23:57:05Z")
Looks like mouseovers are on, at least on my device, OS, and theme. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723/20 "2020-06-24T00:27:19Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > OK, the threat to abandon the Board was in jest. But I’d still like mouseovers back. I thought you were making fun of me. 😘 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-the-mouseover-preview/911723.md?page=2)