# Drop-down box over thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854 "2004-09-02T22:54:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/1 "2004-09-02T22:54:43Z")
Is there a way to prolong the amount of time the drop-down box stays on the screen? I’m talking about when you hover the mouse over the thread title. It seems to disappear pretty quickly. Also, when using IE I can read the entire post this way, but in FireFox I can only read about 10 words before it cuts off. Is this something I can change, and if so do I change it with FireFox or with the SD? I didn’t see anything in the Options of either one. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/2 "2004-09-02T23:01:07Z")
You mean the tooltip? Just move your mousepointer back and forth over the title text. So long as you don’t stop movement, the tooltip will remain. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/3 "2004-09-03T01:40:48Z")
That’s not true. At least, not with my system/browser (Win 98 and like I said, FireFox). Even if I move my pointer over the thread title, the dropbox only stays for maybe 5 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/4 "2004-09-03T02:52:20Z")
Hmmmm…I use Win98 and Firefox too. Actually, I went ahead and downloaded the entire Mozilla suite. At any rate, I pulled down the “Thread Tools” menu (which is what I guess you’re referring to), went to read my email for a couple of minutes, and the menu was still there when I came back. ::shrug:: I guess it’s your machine. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/5 "2004-09-03T03:38:24Z")
Mine stays up for 8 seconds. IE6 or Firefox , moving or still pointer. I have WinXP on my computer. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/6 "2004-09-03T04:02:07Z")
[slight hijack] Same area, different problem. Is there a reason that about (it seems) 2% of the thread titles I hover over show nothing? I realise the ones that have been moved don’t, because they’ve been moved, but sometimes, I just don’t get a preview. Someone? Anyone? [/slight hijack] Appologies to **DWD** ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/7 "2004-09-03T20:20:08Z")
> [@mcott](#): > > Is there a reason that about (it seems) 2% of the thread titles I hover over show nothing? They’re probably old. The popup preview, it seems, is created when the OP is saved. If the OP was created prior to the launch of the new version of the board, then there isn’t a preview to be displayed. ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drop-down-box-over-thread-titles/262854/8 "2004-09-04T01:16:40Z")
Thanks. Makes sense.