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Thumbnail preview on hover (restore animated GIF previews)
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Description
Feature Request: Thumbnail Preview on Hover
Description
Show a video preview when hovering over thumbnails — either animated GIF previews or a static preview frame. YouTube disabled this feature for many users.
Why
- YouTube Preview (GreasyFork) — plays video on hover
- Restore animated thumbnail previews (GreasyFork) — restores YT's own previews
- Enhanced YouTube Userscript (GreasyFork) — has this feature
Preferred behavior
- Show preview in a tooltip/popup when hovering thumbnails
- Animated preview when available
- Preview size configurable
- Delay before showing (prevents accidental triggers)
- Works on: homepage, subscriptions, search results, related videos
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing how thumbnails are rendered on the homepage, subscriptions, search results, and related-video views. Trace the existing hover and popup behavior before deciding where preview loading, configurable size, and display delay belong. Done means previews work across the listed views with the requested hover behavior and configuration.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100