# Discourse Tooltips

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips/69304
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, tooltips
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips/69304 "2017-09-04T00:37:04Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips/69304/58 "2025-12-08T14:07:22Z")

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> [@JammyDodger](#):
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> To be honest, this is quite an old plugin so there’s a chance it could be converted to a theme component now.

Indeed, not much reason for this to be a plugin anymore

> [@Topic List Tooltips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-tooltips/390466):
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> This is a theme component equivalent of the [Discourse Tooltips](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-tooltips/69304) plugin — all the functionality of that plugin is now achievable via theme! discourse2Summary Allows for the previewing of the contents of topics on hover.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/awesomerobot/topic-list-tooltips)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-topic-list-tooltips](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-topic-list-tooltips)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme compone…

Would recommend using the theme component going forward, we will eventually retire the plugin.

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