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How do I switch the position of the box that appears when you hover over a link to the lower left?

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As asked above. The box / tooltip that shows status messages, urls for hovered-over links, etc. appears in the lower right. In older versions this info appeared in the lower left. Can I change it with about:config?

As asked above. The box / tooltip that shows status messages, urls for hovered-over links, etc. appears in the lower right. In older versions this info appeared in the lower left. Can I change it with about:config?

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I just now noticed that on some windows it is on the left -- seemingly random. I want it on the left for all windows.

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It depends on where you hover a link in the window.

The default is at the right side, but the pop-up can move to the left if you place the mouse at a link that is on the bottom right side of the page to avoid that the pop-up covers that link as that will cause an annoying on/off blinking if it happens.

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There must be a bug if it's supposed to work as you describe because now I've got it in a mode where the popups are always on the left regardless of where I'm hovering (unless I hover over the extreme lower left as you describe, in which case the popup is on the right).

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Maybe one of the extensions or the theme if you use a custom install has changed it.