Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome  

    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome

    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome

    How to Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Tab Hover Card Images in Google Chrome
    Published by Category: Browsers & Email
    05 Feb 2020
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Tab Hover Card Images in Google Chrome


    Starting in Google Chrome 78, tooltips for tabs has been replaced by Tab Hover Cards. Tab Hover Cards enables a popup containing tab information to be visible when hovering over a tab.

    If you enable Tab Hover Card Images, a preview image of the page opened in the tab shows in Tab Hover Cards, if tab hover cards are enabled. The current tab will not show a preview image in Tab Hover Cards since it is already showing in the browser window.

    If you disable Tab Hover Cards, you will see the classic tooltips for tabs instead, and Tab Hover Card Images will no longer show even if enabled.

    This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Tab Hover Cards and Tab Hover Card Images in Google Chrome for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.


    Contents

    • Option One: Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards in Google Chrome
    • Option Two: Enable or Disable Tab Hover Card Images in Google Chrome


    EXAMPLE: "Tab Hover Cards" enabled and disabled, and "Tab Hover Card Images" enabled
    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome-google_chrome_tab_hover_cards_enabled.png Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome-google_chrome_tab_hover_cards_disabled.png
    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome-google_chrome_tab_hover_card_images_enabled.png






    OPTION ONE

    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards in Google Chrome


    1 Open Google Chrome.

    2 Copy and paste the link below into the address bar of Chrome, and press Enter.

    chrome://flags/#tab-hover-cards

    3 Select Default (same as enabled), Enabled, Enabled B, Enabled C, or Disabled for the Tab Hover Cards setting you want. (see screenshot below)

    Comparing the time it takes for the card to appear after hovering the pointer over the tab with Enabled, Enabled B, or Enabled C set. Tab Hover Card Images is also enabled in this example.


    4 Click/tap on the Relaunch Now button at the bottom to apply.

    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome-google_chrome_tab_hover_cards.png






    OPTION TWO

    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Card Images in Google Chrome


    Tab Hover Card Images requires Tab Hover Cards to be enabled in Option One.


    1 Open Google Chrome.

    2 Copy and paste the link below into the address bar of Chrome, and press Enter.

    chrome://flags/#tab-hover-card-images

    3 Select Default (same as disabled), Enabled, or Disabled for the Tab Hover Card Images setting you want. (see screenshot below)

    4 Click/tap on the Relaunch Now button at the bottom to apply.

    Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome-google_chrome_tab_hover_card_images.png


    That's it,
    Shawn


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  2. z3r010
    Posts : 10,741
    Windows 11 Workstation x64
       New #1

    I found the cards quite annoying and came here to see where to switch them off, however, they are much better now I've turned the card images on - I just might keep them that way
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  4. LEOPEVA64
    Posts : 2,205
    WINDOWS 10 Pro x64 build 19042.685
       New #2

    There currently doesn't appear to be any difference between Enabled and Enabled B or Enabled C
    I can still clearly see the difference between these three options, I mentioned it in this comment:

    LEOPEVA64 said:
    ...the difference between Enabled, Enabled B and Enabled C is the time it takes for the card to appear after hover the pointer over the tab, the difference is small but it's noticeable.



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  5. Brink
    Posts : 68,988
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       New #3

    Thank you @LEOPEVA64.

    I added this to the tutorials for others.
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  6. hexaae
    Posts : 181
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       New #4

    Mmmmh, just tried this on Edge (Chromium) 79.0.309.15 (Build ufficiale) (64 bit) without success (text only and no image preview).
    Hope MS will enable them soon...
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  7. Droyk
    Posts : 83
    Windows 10 Pro TH2
       New #5

    Hey @Brink, this feature been updated with more options Enable or Disable Tab Hover Cards and Card Images in Google Chrome-image.png
    with no explanation as to what each option does in layman terms can you please do another comparison showing all these options side by side. Thankyou!
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