closing down before i can read it

[swedeheart]

How can I "freeze" the html code title of some headline or whatever I'm looking at? You know when you hover with your cursor over a headline or an image or whatever and a text field pops up with additional text, thus allowing you to make an informed choice on whether or not it's worth your while to click the link.

Back when I used IE I used to be able to freeze that field by not releasing my left click (if memory serves), but since I've been using Firefox that doesn't work, the text field just keeps on disappearing before I've had the time to read what it says. I know I'll be able to read the html title if I right-click and select Properties, but that seems a hassle.

[kgmrush]

Whenever you hover over a link in firefox, the address it's pointing to shows up at the bottom of the page.

[swedeheart]

Thank you kgmrush but that is not what I mean.

Here's an example of additional info being displayed not on the page as such but in a text box that appears and disappears within seconds. Hover over the photo of the orange campaign posters that look like clocks. After a second or so a text field will pop up which in this case says Campaign posters announcing the 7 June 2009 elections line a street in Lebanon. Now that I can manage to read, but sometimes these texts are much longer and they close down when I'm not even halfway through. Sometimes it doesn't much matter, sometimes it does.

[jno]

I think that's the only way... it's the same for me, but it's the same on IE too (I have both it and Firefox on my computer). They do stay on my screen long enough to read, but I have no idea whether you can alter this.

[swedeheart]

I've now learned that they are called tool tips. But not how to pin them down.

Oh well. Guess you're gonna have to read to me, jno.

[kgmrush]

sorry swedeheart, misunderstood you. I think the link below might be what you are looking for...??

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11233

[hc4361]

Have a look and see if any of these solve the problem.
http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search ?q=tooltips&cat=all

[swedeheart]

Fantastic, that will do the trick, thank you so much kgmrush and hc4361!