Firefox 131.0.2 doesn't show a link's destination on mouse hover

[RalphCorderoy]

Hi, I'm using Firefox 131.0.2 on Linux x86_64 having upgraded to it from 131.0. Since the upgrade, moving the mouse over a link no longer shows the link's destination in a rectangle in the bottom-left corner of the web page which overlays the page's content. I've tried `--safe-mode` but it makes no difference. I often used the displayed destination to judge whether to click on a link. A new's story's title might be deliberately vague but the slug has the specifics, e.g. location, which means I know I'm not interested. A site's domain may tell me I don't want to visit. Without knowing the link's destination, many clicks are more risky. Are others seeing this with 131.0.2? Cheers, Ralph.

[wobe]

I had the same problem since 131.0.1, turns out the unsupported compact mode (browser.compactmode.show) was the culprit. Setting the browsers Density mode (right click next to urlbar > Customise toolbar > Density dropdown in bottom of the screen) to Normal, and then back to Compact (Unsupported) fixed the issue for me.

[RalphCorderoy]

Thanks @wobe, I'll bear that in mind should it happen again. Stopping and starting Firefox fixed it. I wonder if changing the Density mode has a side effect of fixing it due to some knock-on update to the display rather than being the direct cause.