# Just having a play with mouseover text.

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**Created:** [July 2, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-having-a-play-with-mouseover-text/253195 "2004-07-02T07:16:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-having-a-play-with-mouseover-text/253195/1 "2004-07-02T07:16:59Z")

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Iamfascinatedtoknowhowthesummarylookswhenthesoftwarecannotfindaplacetoputalinebreakhencenopunctuationpossessivescontractionscapitalsorevenspacesandhowdoesitdecidewheretotruncatethepostiamthinkingcharactercountincludingspacesbutidonotknowasidefromthatithinkthefeatureisgreatanditmakesmewonderhowithasaffectedtheviewstorepliesratiobythewaydoesanybodyknowwhycertainthreadtitlesdonotdisplaythesummarywhenimouseoverthemitdoesnotmatterificomebacktotheboardsasthecontentofthatthreadremainsunknowniamusingsafarionmacosx.

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**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-having-a-play-with-mouseover-text/253195/2 "2004-07-02T07:19:37Z")

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Oh crap! A frickin’ ellipsis is all I get.😃 I’d still like to know why it put those linebreaks in those particular places rather than go to the edge of the page.