# How do you get Vista to show "hovering"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-vista-to-show-hovering/502482>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 9, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-vista-to-show-hovering/502482 "2009-07-09T19:15:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-vista-to-show-hovering/502482/1 "2009-07-09T19:15:34Z")

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This is kind of hard to describe. At work I have IE7. When I hover over a link in the Dope, at the bottom of the screen it shows the link’s address.

At home, I have Vista, and it doesn’t show me anything. What kind of setting will allow it to show the address?

I have Home Premium package, on a new computer I bought about three months ago.

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**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-vista-to-show-hovering/502482/2 "2009-07-09T19:51:06Z")

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It sounds as though you’re talking about the IE Status Bar.

In IE 7 or 8, right-click on some blank space in the tool bar (or to the right of the tabs) and check Status Bar.

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**Author:** ![Discipline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Discipline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Discipline)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-vista-to-show-hovering/502482/3 "2009-07-10T00:16:02Z")

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IE problem. Not Vista.

In IE, press ALT to show the menu bar, select View -\> Toolbars -\> Status Bar

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-vista-to-show-hovering/502482/4 "2009-07-10T12:41:41Z")

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Ok - thanks! :smack: