# Mouseover preview and Firefox

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-preview-and-firefox/480402>\
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**Created:** [January 8, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-preview-and-firefox/480402 "2009-01-08T17:49:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-preview-and-firefox/480402/1 "2009-01-08T17:49:52Z")

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Why is it that if there is a mouseover preview showing when I click on a link, when I get to the thread I was clicking on, it’s still there in the middle of the page? Only happens with Firefox. Clicking anywhere on the page makes it go away.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-preview-and-firefox/480402/2 "2009-01-08T21:12:13Z")

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Firefox 3.0.5, XP here. For me, the mouseover disappears as soon as I click on the link. If I don’t click and don’t move the cursor, it vanishes in 5 seconds, which is normal behavior AFAIK.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-preview-and-firefox/480402/3 "2009-01-08T21:24:50Z")

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I had this occur one time and I think something was refreshing in Firefox when it occurred. It went away in a few seconds.

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**Author:** ![whatsittoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@whatsittoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatsittoya)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-preview-and-firefox/480402/4 "2009-01-21T16:48:32Z")

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Firefox 3.0.5 on XP and Vista here. For me the mouseover stays around for a few seconds after I click the link. It generally doesn’t bother me unless it happens to be covering the OP I am trying to read.