# How can I get Firefox to leave the mouseover preview on until I move the mouse away?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 11, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-firefox-to-leave-the-mouseover-preview-on-until-i-move-the-mouse-away/499412 "2009-06-11T03:19:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-firefox-to-leave-the-mouseover-preview-on-until-i-move-the-mouse-away/499412/1 "2009-06-11T03:19:50Z")

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First, I’ll admit I did a minimal search on Google and Firefox’s help files. Minimal, but apparently not thorough.

On an SD forum page, I like holding my mouse over a thread title to get the preview window that shows the first paragraph of the article. I like it so I know whether or not I want to click to read the entire thread.

But it goes away after five seconds. (Measured in alligators.)

Is there a way to set it so that the preview box stays there as long as I hold my mouse over the thread title?

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**Author:** ![Henrichek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-firefox-to-leave-the-mouseover-preview-on-until-i-move-the-mouse-away/499412/2 "2009-06-11T03:26:56Z")

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A quick google gave me this: [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11233](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11233)

However, I don’t know if there are ways (such as a key in about:config) that don’t require an extension.

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**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-firefox-to-leave-the-mouseover-preview-on-until-i-move-the-mouse-away/499412/3 "2009-06-11T03:36:27Z")

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THANK YOU!!!

Part of problem is I didn’t know exactly what I was searching for, and the other problem is I didn’t realize it was only fixable with an add-on. Which seems odd.

Again, thank you.