# What's happened to the mouse-over preview on the front (categories) page?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-the-mouse-over-preview-on-the-front-categories-page/1017077>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [April 15, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-the-mouse-over-preview-on-the-front-categories-page/1017077 "2025-04-15T18:37:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-the-mouse-over-preview-on-the-front-categories-page/1017077/1 "2025-04-15T18:37:01Z")

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It works on posts inside categories. But not on the home page (which I currently  
have set to categories).

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-the-mouse-over-preview-on-the-front-categories-page/1017077/2 "2025-04-15T21:36:44Z")

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Discourse did an update yesterday. Looks like they broke it.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-the-mouse-over-preview-on-the-front-categories-page/1017077/3 "2025-04-15T23:26:53Z")

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Works for me while set to categories. Using Firefox.

Does this mean it’s fixed?

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-the-mouse-over-preview-on-the-front-categories-page/1017077/4 "2025-04-15T23:39:11Z")

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If you are on the main SDMB page, the mouseover doesn’t work.  
[https://boards.straightdope.com/](https://boards.straightdope.com/)

But if you are in a category, it works.  
[https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2)

It used to work in both places.

It’s broken for me in both Chrome and Firefox.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-the-mouse-over-preview-on-the-front-categories-page/1017077/5 "2025-04-17T00:55:20Z")

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Yeah, doesn’t work on the “latest” page, which is what I have bookmarked. Quite annoying. Thanks, discourse! 🤨