# Mouseover thread preview not working **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325 "2010-03-30T12:26:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/1 "2010-03-30T12:26:37Z")
I upgraded to the newest version of Firefox over the weekend, and now the mouseover thread preview isn’t working – there’s a teeny-tiny box below the cursor, but there’s no text in that box. Is this something I can fix? (Guess I could ask in GQ, but this is the only place I use mouseover preview regularly.) TIA. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/2 "2010-03-30T13:19:58Z")
I’m going to have to defer to Xash, our expert in these matters. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/3 "2010-03-30T14:50:35Z")
I’m on v3.6.2, which I believe is the latest. My mouseovers work fine, so I suspect it’s not Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/4 "2010-03-30T15:26:47Z")
Is there any way to make the mouseover show the preview for a second or two longer? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/5 "2010-03-30T15:31:21Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > there’s a teeny-tiny box below the cursor, but there’s no text in that box. Is it the same with other mouseovers (there should be something for all your open tabs, for example)? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/6 "2010-03-30T17:38:26Z")
I upgraded to the latest firefox and now the mouseover just stays as long as the cursor is over the post. It’s nice to not have to quickly skim it now and be able to read the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/7 "2010-03-30T19:15:43Z")
It’s possible your profile got corrupted in the upgrade. You can try out a [new profile](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows) and see if that fixes it. If it does, you can use the [official guide](http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox) to move the important stuff from your old profile to the new one, and then delete the old one. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/8 "2010-03-31T00:24:31Z")
OP back to say … it seems to be fine now. Dunno what the prob was this morning, but I’ll bookmark this thread in case it happens again. Thanks for your tips, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/9 "2010-03-31T19:43:33Z")
I get hinky mouseovers (Safari 4.0.4) - it usually works, but occasionally (once in ten times, say), no preview will come up for one thread. ---
**Author:** ![Random\_Design](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@Random\_Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random_Design)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-thread-preview-not-working/534325/10 "2010-04-01T10:09:08Z")
Once upon a time I had an add-on that allowed the mouseover preview to stay as long as you moused over (pretty sure I got it from the SDMB). Don’t know what it was called, but I wish I did.