Topic Preview for phpBB3

A phpBB extension that displays a short excerpt of text from the first post in a tooltip while the mouse hovers over a topic’s title.

Features

Let your visitors peek at what's inside a topic before they click on it
Admin options to display user avatars and text previews from the first and last posts
Admin option to set the amount of text shown in the preview
Admin option to define BBCodes whose contents you want removed from the topic preview
Admin options to customize the appearance and assign different themes to board styles
Ships with four themes, additional custom themes can be added using CSS files
No theme option, i.e.: native browser tooltip (does not support avatars or last posts)
User option allows users to disable topic previews
Previews are aware of browser window top/bottom edges and are responsive
The last word in the topic preview is not cut off and will be followed by an ellipsis
BBCode tags and URL links are removed for a cleaner text-only appearance
Smileys are displayed as text :)
Does not significantly impact server load (no additional db queries)
Multiple languages are supported. View the pre-installed localizations.
Built-in support for "Precise Similar Topics", "Recent Topics" and "Top Five" extensions

Download the latest validated release.
Unzip the downloaded release and copy it to the ext directory of your phpBB board.
Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Manage extensions.
Look for Topic Preview under the Disabled Extensions list and click its Enable link.

Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Manage extensions.
Click the Disable link for Topic Preview.
To permanently uninstall, click Delete Data, then delete the topicpreview folder from phpBB/ext/vse/.

Support is available for Topic Preview in the phpBB Extension Database.