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Tab Preview

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I do not want this new feature where a small preview window pops up on the tabs as you hover over them. So where is the feature to turn it off? There isn't one? Why not? I do not want this!

I do not want this new feature where a small preview window pops up on the tabs as you hover over them. So where is the feature to turn it off? There isn't one? Why not? I do not want this!

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In Firefox 131, try going to Tools -> Settings -> General Tab and see if Show an image preview when you hover on a tab is checked in the Tabs section. If so, uncheck it.

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No, it is not checked. And there's no check in the box for "show tab previews in task bar."

Seems this is a new feature of 131. But there's no way to get rid of it.

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Type about:config into the search/URL bar.

That will bring up a warning which you'll have to acknowledge.

On the next screen there's a search box at the top. Type or paste browser.tabs.hoverPreview.enabled. That will then appear below with the word true next to it. Double-click true and it will change to false.

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Thanks, that worked.

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