If you’ve just updated to Google Chrome 78, when you hover the mouse over a tab you’ll now notice a card displaying tab title and domain name, previously Chrome used to show a tooltip only on hover over, these are called “tab hover cards” introduced by Google in Chrome version 78, you can disable them if you don’t like, here is how.
First things first, the feature is not fully complete and Chrome future versions will bring tab previews with name Tab Hover Card Images, similar to that exist in Microsoft Edge. And sometimes, Chrome doesn’t fully display the title on the tab if it is too long, Google is working to address that in development versions.
Disable Tab hover cards in Chrome 78 or later
1. Visit Chrome://flags page
2. Search for Tab hover, in the highlighted search results, for Tab Hover cards
3. Select “Disabled ” and restart the Chrome browser.
Do note the flags are temporary, may work for a couple of versions, after that they’ll disappear, this is a temporary solution only, we suggest you to get used to the hover cards feature.
Yet another pointless, needless, AWFUL ‘update’ by Google Chrome as they steam full ahead in making your desktop look like it is a dumbed down phone ‘App’.
I didn’t like the Tab Hover Card feature, but your solution works! Thank you so much!
Sad, but usually things like this become ‘enabled-by-default-non-configurable-because-f*k-you’ features like profile icon in address bar after a number of releases. Probably I have to change the browser
Thanks
Thanks for the fair warning about this being a temporary fix.
Thank you! Your solution helped me. The new feature is so annoying and features like this should not be activated itself.
Thanks. A disturb and pointless feature
So disappointed that this grossly unfinished feature was rolled out. Seriously, just have 10 people use this and at least one will definitely notice it feels intrusive and distracting, uninformative and, in general, bad.
Thank you very much, this feature was driving me insane! Hopefully, it doesn’t pop up each time we do an update!
WARNING! A Google Chrome developer has posted in the Google Support forums that disabling this “feature” (via the chrome:flags) will later be removed!
Post in their forums and go to Menu > Help > Report an issue > let them know how much you hate the hover cards! Hopefully they will feel sympathy and allow us to keep them disabled.