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How to turn off "forum bubbles"

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  • Commercial Member

Probably not the correct term but I noticed now as I scan down forum posts a pop-up bubble/window appears with a sample of the thread. Can I stop this from happening? If so how do I turn this feature off?

 

thx,

 

Clutch

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Keep the mouse out of the "field of view" so it won't open the preview "bubble." I keep my mouse cursor towards the right side of the screen...

Fr. Bill    

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Keep the mouse out of the "field of view" so it won't open the preview "bubble." I keep my mouse cursor towards the right side of the screen...

 

Bill, that's right. Clutch, the feature you are seeing is the topic preview function that keeps you from having to view the entire topic if of no interest. This feature was announced a couple of days ago.

  • Moderator

Prior to this, there was a little box just after the title which accomplished the same preview function...

Fr. Bill    

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Thx guys, I'll just keep the curser to the far left or right as I scroll.

Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!)  Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11),  EVGA 1300W PSU
Netgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displays
Full array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.

Keeping the cursor to the right or left does not work for me. I don't like these "bubbles". When I surf, I center click on the post I want to read and it opens in a new tab (I use Mozilla Firefox). When I'm done reading, I close the tab and resume surfing. Now, with these bubbles, I have to center click twice.

 

I have not found a workaround that suits my style of surfing.

 

Is there a way to turn this topic preview function feature off?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Edit: I apologize for being a pain. If I keep the mouse to the very left and just click the dot or star it does open with one left click. I would still like to remove the feature if possible but if not, no big deal. You guys are great for this site. My little habits should not affect the features other users may just love to death.

I would still like to remove the feature if possible but if not, no big deal. You guys are great for this site. My little habits should not affect the features other users may just love to death.

 

Cannot do that without disabling it for everyone.

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