# Displaying user card on hover

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-user-card-on-hover/104126>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-user-card-on-hover/104126 "2018-12-12T17:28:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-user-card-on-hover/104126/4 "2022-04-11T01:41:36Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Hover doesn’t work on any touch devices, so it generally should be avoided as a primary UX mechanism.

Could it work if it was exclusive to desktops?

Personally, I’d be interested in seeing this materialize. I might be able to chip in some money in order to request this as a #Customization > Theme component or a #Customization > Plugin.

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