# Why do Tabs on Chrome now have big drop-down previews?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 13, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579 "2022-08-13T01:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579/1 "2022-08-13T01:10:27Z")

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It used to be that if I hovered over a tab on Chrome, it would give a short drop-down preview of the full name of the tab. Now it gives a much larger drop-down preview, but it’s pretty much useless, since the font is so small as to be illegible.

Did I do something to change it? Can I change it back?

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579/2 "2022-08-13T01:19:02Z")

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It also lets you know which tab is playing audio.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579/3 "2022-08-13T01:21:24Z")

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I always have sound off.

I just find them clutter.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579/4 "2022-08-13T01:27:02Z")

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Should be,

1. Open Chrome browser
2. In the URL bar, enter the following and hit return/enter:  
`chrome://flags/#tab-hover-cards`
3. For “Tab Hover Cards” choose “Disabled” from the dropdown menu
4. Relaunch Chrome

I hated it!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579/5 "2022-08-13T01:37:07Z")

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“We hates it for ever!”

Excellent. Thank you. Is that now the default, or did I somehow change it?

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-tabs-on-chrome-now-have-big-drop-down-previews/969579/6 "2022-08-13T12:43:08Z")

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It came with an update in the last two weeks or so. I hated it too and disabled it using @crowmanyclouds method.