# Thread Preview Box

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-box/401372>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 23, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-box/401372 "2007-04-23T22:02:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-box/401372/1 "2007-04-23T22:02:16Z")

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When I hover on a Thread Title for the preview, it doesn’t stay long enough for me to read all of it. Is there anything I can do to make it stay longer?

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-box/401372/2 "2007-04-23T22:09:03Z")

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Slowly move your mouse, while keeping it over the thread title.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-box/401372/3 "2007-04-23T23:49:06Z")

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Off to ATMB

DrMatrix - GQ Moderator

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-box/401372/4 "2007-04-24T05:55:06Z")

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[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy]  
Slowly move your mouse, while keeping it over the thread title.  
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I think he may have an actual problem in mind. This sometimes happens to me too - the preview will flash onscreen for a second before disappearing. Sometimes, if I approach the thread title from different angles, it’ll relent and stay onscreen. Other times, I just have to give in and click on the thing. This doesn’t happen with every thread, but it will often happen with just one or two in the list, and it doesn’t seem to be because I’m moving the mouse too quickly.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-preview-box/401372/5 "2007-04-24T15:41:47Z")

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[QUOTE=InternetLegend]  
This sometimes happens to me too - the preview will flash onscreen for a second before disappearing.  
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This is pretty straightforward. Time is moving too fast for you. Just adjust the settings on your TimeCube to slow time down a bit.