diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e34874359a..e1d1e813a02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](https://semv
 - We added support for offline extracting refereferences from PDFs following the IEEE format. [#11156](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11156)
 - We added a new keyboard shortcut  <kbd>ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>,</kbd> to open the preferences. [#11154](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/11154)
 - We added value selection (such as for month) for content selectors in custom entry types. [#11109](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/11109)
+- We added tooltip on main table cells that shows cell content or cell content and entry preview if set in preferences. [10925](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10925)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java
index 6d45b0882a5..e0781bace97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnFactory.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.columns.MainTableColumn;
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.columns.SpecialFieldColumn;
 import org.jabref.gui.specialfields.SpecialFieldValueViewModel;
+import org.jabref.gui.theme.ThemeManager;
 import org.jabref.gui.util.TaskExecutor;
 import org.jabref.gui.util.ValueTableCellFactory;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.jabref.model.groups.AbstractGroup;
 import org.jabref.preferences.PreferencesService;
 
+import com.airhacks.afterburner.injection.Injector;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -59,7 +61,9 @@ public class MainTableColumnFactory {
     private final UndoManager undoManager;
     private final DialogService dialogService;
     private final TaskExecutor taskExecutor;
+    private final ThemeManager themeManager = Injector.instantiateModelOrService(ThemeManager.class);
     private final StateManager stateManager;
+    private final MainTableTooltip tooltip;
 
     public MainTableColumnFactory(BibDatabaseContext database,
                                   PreferencesService preferencesService,
@@ -76,6 +80,8 @@ public MainTableColumnFactory(BibDatabaseContext database,
         this.cellFactory = new CellFactory(preferencesService, undoManager);
         this.undoManager = undoManager;
         this.stateManager = stateManager;
+        this.tooltip = new MainTableTooltip(database, dialogService, preferencesService, stateManager,
+                themeManager, taskExecutor);
     }
 
     public TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, ?> createColumn(MainTableColumnModel column) {
@@ -111,14 +117,14 @@ public MainTableColumnFactory(BibDatabaseContext database,
                         returnColumn = createSpecialFieldColumn(column);
                     } else {
                         LOGGER.warn("Special field type '{}' is unknown. Using normal column type.", column.getQualifier());
-                        returnColumn = createFieldColumn(column);
+                        returnColumn = createFieldColumn(column, tooltip);
                     }
                 }
                 break;
             default:
             case NORMALFIELD:
                 if (!column.getQualifier().isBlank()) {
-                    returnColumn = createFieldColumn(column);
+                    returnColumn = createFieldColumn(column, tooltip);
                 }
                 break;
         }
@@ -263,8 +269,8 @@ private Node createGroupIconRegion(BibEntryTableViewModel entry, List<AbstractGr
     /**
      * Creates a text column to display any standard field.
      */
-    private TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, ?> createFieldColumn(MainTableColumnModel columnModel) {
-        return new FieldColumn(columnModel);
+    private TableColumn<BibEntryTableViewModel, ?> createFieldColumn(MainTableColumnModel columnModel, MainTableTooltip tooltip) {
+        return new FieldColumn(columnModel, tooltip);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableTooltip.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableTooltip.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dee796ca40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableTooltip.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.jabref.gui.maintable;
+
+import javafx.scene.control.Label;
+import javafx.scene.control.Tooltip;
+import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
+import javafx.util.Duration;
+
+import org.jabref.gui.DialogService;
+import org.jabref.gui.StateManager;
+import org.jabref.gui.preview.PreviewViewer;
+import org.jabref.gui.theme.ThemeManager;
+import org.jabref.gui.util.TaskExecutor;
+import org.jabref.model.database.BibDatabaseContext;
+import org.jabref.model.entry.BibEntry;
+import org.jabref.preferences.PreferencesService;
+
+public class MainTableTooltip extends Tooltip {
+
+    private final PreviewViewer preview;
+    private final PreferencesService preferences;
+
+    public MainTableTooltip(BibDatabaseContext databaseContext, DialogService dialogService, PreferencesService preferences,
+                            StateManager stateManager, ThemeManager themeManager, TaskExecutor taskExecutor) {
+
+        this.preferences = preferences;
+        this.preview = new PreviewViewer(databaseContext, dialogService, preferences, stateManager, themeManager, taskExecutor);
+    }
+
+    public Tooltip createTooltip(BibEntry entry, String fieldValue) {
+        preview.setLayout(preferences.getPreviewPreferences().getSelectedPreviewLayout());
+        preview.setEntry(entry);
+        this.setShowDelay(Duration.seconds(1));
+        Label label = new Label(fieldValue);
+
+        if (preferences.getPreviewPreferences().shouldShowPreviewEntryTableTooltip()) {
+            VBox vBox = new VBox();
+            label.setText(label.getText() + "\n ");
+            vBox.getChildren().add(label);
+            vBox.getChildren().add(preview);
+           this.setGraphic(vBox);
+        } else {
+            this.setGraphic(label);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/columns/FieldColumn.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/columns/FieldColumn.java
index 698e8e16895..e272467f409 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/columns/FieldColumn.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/columns/FieldColumn.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package org.jabref.gui.maintable.columns;
 
 import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
+import javafx.scene.control.Tooltip;
 
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.BibEntryTableViewModel;
 import org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTableColumnModel;
+import org.jabref.gui.maintable.MainTableTooltip;
 import org.jabref.gui.util.ValueTableCellFactory;
 import org.jabref.gui.util.comparator.NumericFieldComparator;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.Field;
@@ -19,16 +21,19 @@
 public class FieldColumn extends MainTableColumn<String> {
 
     private final OrFields fields;
+    private final MainTableTooltip tooltip;
 
-    public FieldColumn(MainTableColumnModel model) {
+    public FieldColumn(MainTableColumnModel model, MainTableTooltip tooltip) {
         super(model);
         this.fields = FieldFactory.parseOrFields(model.getQualifier());
+        this.tooltip = tooltip;
 
         setText(getDisplayName());
         setCellValueFactory(param -> getFieldValue(param.getValue()));
 
         new ValueTableCellFactory<BibEntryTableViewModel, String>()
                 .withText(text -> text)
+                .graphicTooltip(this::createTooltip)
                 .install(this);
 
         if (fields.hasExactlyOne()) {
@@ -60,4 +65,8 @@ private ObservableValue<String> getFieldValue(BibEntryTableViewModel entry) {
             return entry.getFields(fields);
         }
     }
+
+    private Tooltip createTooltip(BibEntryTableViewModel entry, String fieldValue) {
+        return tooltip.createTooltip(entry.getEntry(), fieldValue);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.fxml
index 7bd8582ffa3..0b31d99de58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.fxml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
          fx:controller="org.jabref.gui.preferences.preview.PreviewTab">
     <Label text="%Current Preview" styleClass="titleHeader"/>
     <CheckBox fx:id="showAsTabCheckBox" text="%Show preview as a tab in entry editor"/>
+    <CheckBox fx:id="showPreviewTooltipCheckBox" text="Show preview in entry table tooltip"/>
     <HBox spacing="4.0">
         <VBox spacing="4.0" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
             <Label text="%Available" styleClass="sectionHeader"/>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.java
index 90d6aa1f7ef..933edb523e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTab.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 public class PreviewTab extends AbstractPreferenceTabView<PreviewTabViewModel> implements PreferencesTab {
 
     @FXML private CheckBox showAsTabCheckBox;
+    @FXML private CheckBox showPreviewTooltipCheckBox;
     @FXML private ListView<PreviewLayout> availableListView;
     @FXML private ListView<PreviewLayout> chosenListView;
     @FXML private Button toRightButton;
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ public void initialize() {
         lastKeyPressTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         showAsTabCheckBox.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.showAsExtraTabProperty());
+        showPreviewTooltipCheckBox.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.showPreviewInEntryTableTooltip());
 
         searchBox.setPromptText(Localization.lang("Search") + "...");
         searchBox.setLeft(IconTheme.JabRefIcons.SEARCH.getGraphicNode());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTabViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTabViewModel.java
index 1f494f006ae..d315d65997d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTabViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/preview/PreviewTabViewModel.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class PreviewTabViewModel implements PreferenceTabViewModel {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PreviewTabViewModel.class);
 
     private final BooleanProperty showAsExtraTabProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty(false);
+    private final BooleanProperty showPreviewInEntryTableTooltip = new SimpleBooleanProperty(false);
 
     private final ListProperty<PreviewLayout> availableListProperty = new SimpleListProperty<>(FXCollections.observableArrayList());
     private final ObjectProperty<MultipleSelectionModel<PreviewLayout>> availableSelectionModelProperty = new SimpleObjectProperty<>(new NoSelectionModel<>());
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ public PreviewTabViewModel(DialogService dialogService,
     @Override
     public void setValues() {
         showAsExtraTabProperty.set(previewPreferences.shouldShowPreviewAsExtraTab());
+        showPreviewInEntryTableTooltip.set(previewPreferences.shouldShowPreviewEntryTableTooltip());
         chosenListProperty().getValue().clear();
         chosenListProperty.getValue().addAll(previewPreferences.getLayoutCycle());
 
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ public void storeSettings() {
         previewPreferences.getLayoutCycle().clear();
         previewPreferences.getLayoutCycle().addAll(chosenListProperty);
         previewPreferences.setShowPreviewAsExtraTab(showAsExtraTabProperty.getValue());
+        previewPreferences.setShowPreviewEntryTableTooltip(showPreviewInEntryTableTooltip.getValue());
         previewPreferences.setCustomPreviewLayout((TextBasedPreviewLayout) customLayout);
 
         if (!chosenSelectionModelProperty.getValue().getSelectedItems().isEmpty()) {
@@ -439,6 +442,10 @@ public BooleanProperty showAsExtraTabProperty() {
         return showAsExtraTabProperty;
     }
 
+    public BooleanProperty showPreviewInEntryTableTooltip() {
+        return showPreviewInEntryTableTooltip;
+    }
+
     public ListProperty<PreviewLayout> availableListProperty() {
         return availableListProperty;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ValueTableCellFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ValueTableCellFactory.java
index 683c70ea9d0..62816f940e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ValueTableCellFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/ValueTableCellFactory.java
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ public class ValueTableCellFactory<S, T> implements Callback<TableColumn<S, T>,
     private Function<T, String> toText;
     private BiFunction<S, T, Node> toGraphic;
     private BiFunction<S, T, EventHandler<? super MouseEvent>> toOnMouseClickedEvent;
+    private BiFunction<S, T, EventHandler<? super MouseEvent>> toOnMouseEnterEvent;
     private Function<T, BooleanExpression> toDisableExpression;
     private Function<T, BooleanExpression> toVisibleExpression;
     private BiFunction<S, T, String> toTooltip;
+    private BiFunction<S, T, Tooltip> tooltip;
     private Function<T, ContextMenu> contextMenuFactory;
     private BiFunction<S, T, ContextMenu> menuFactory;
 
@@ -54,6 +56,11 @@ public ValueTableCellFactory<S, T> withTooltip(BiFunction<S, T, String> toToolti
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ValueTableCellFactory<S, T> graphicTooltip(BiFunction<S, T, Tooltip> tooltip) {
+        this.tooltip = tooltip;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public ValueTableCellFactory<S, T> withTooltip(Function<T, String> toTooltip) {
         this.toTooltip = (rowItem, value) -> toTooltip.apply(value);
         return this;
@@ -133,6 +140,12 @@ protected void updateItem(T item, boolean empty) {
                         });
                     }
 
+                    setOnMouseEntered(event -> {
+                        if (tooltip != null) {
+                            setTooltip(tooltip.apply(rowItem, item));
+                        }
+                    });
+
                     setOnMouseClicked(event -> {
                         if (toOnMouseClickedEvent != null) {
                             toOnMouseClickedEvent.apply(rowItem, item).handle(event);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java
index 4a37ee4c3ea..d22609e1d68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ public class JabRefPreferences implements PreferencesService {
     public static final String CYCLE_PREVIEW_POS = "cyclePreviewPos";
     public static final String CYCLE_PREVIEW = "cyclePreview";
     public static final String PREVIEW_AS_TAB = "previewAsTab";
+    public static final String PREVIEW_IN_ENTRY_TABLE_TOOLTIP = "previewInEntryTableTooltip";
 
     // UI
     private static final String FONT_FAMILY = "fontFamily";
@@ -800,6 +801,7 @@ private JabRefPreferences() {
         defaults.put(CYCLE_PREVIEW, "Preview;" + CitationStyle.DEFAULT);
         defaults.put(CYCLE_PREVIEW_POS, 0);
         defaults.put(PREVIEW_AS_TAB, Boolean.FALSE);
+        defaults.put(PREVIEW_IN_ENTRY_TABLE_TOOLTIP, Boolean.FALSE);
         defaults.put(PREVIEW_STYLE,
                 "<font face=\"sans-serif\">" +
                         "<b>\\bibtextype</b><a name=\"\\citationkey\">\\begin{citationkey} (\\citationkey)</a>\\end{citationkey}__NEWLINE__" +
@@ -2420,12 +2422,14 @@ public PreviewPreferences getPreviewPreferences() {
                 getPreviewCyclePosition(layouts),
                 new TextBasedPreviewLayout(style, getLayoutFormatterPreferences(), Globals.journalAbbreviationRepository),
                 (String) defaults.get(PREVIEW_STYLE),
-                getBoolean(PREVIEW_AS_TAB));
+                getBoolean(PREVIEW_AS_TAB),
+                getBoolean(PREVIEW_IN_ENTRY_TABLE_TOOLTIP));
 
         previewPreferences.getLayoutCycle().addListener((InvalidationListener) c -> storePreviewLayouts(previewPreferences.getLayoutCycle()));
         EasyBind.listen(previewPreferences.layoutCyclePositionProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> putInt(CYCLE_PREVIEW_POS, newValue));
         EasyBind.listen(previewPreferences.customPreviewLayoutProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> put(PREVIEW_STYLE, newValue.getText()));
         EasyBind.listen(previewPreferences.showPreviewAsExtraTabProperty(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> putBoolean(PREVIEW_AS_TAB, newValue));
+        EasyBind.listen(previewPreferences.showPreviewEntryTableTooltip(), (obs, oldValue, newValue) -> putBoolean(PREVIEW_IN_ENTRY_TABLE_TOOLTIP, newValue));
 
         return this.previewPreferences;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/PreviewPreferences.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/PreviewPreferences.java
index 87b8a30831e..563efd0071c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/PreviewPreferences.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/PreviewPreferences.java
@@ -23,17 +23,20 @@ public class PreviewPreferences {
     private final ObjectProperty<TextBasedPreviewLayout> customPreviewLayout;
     private final StringProperty defaultCustomPreviewLayout;
     private final BooleanProperty showPreviewAsExtraTab;
+    private final BooleanProperty showPreviewEntryTableTooltip;
 
     public PreviewPreferences(List<PreviewLayout> layoutCycle,
                               int layoutCyclePosition,
                               TextBasedPreviewLayout customPreviewLayout,
                               String defaultCustomPreviewLayout,
-                              boolean showPreviewAsExtraTab) {
+                              boolean showPreviewAsExtraTab,
+                              boolean showPreviewEntryTableTooltip) {
         this.layoutCycle = FXCollections.observableArrayList(layoutCycle);
         this.layoutCyclePosition = new SimpleIntegerProperty(layoutCyclePosition);
         this.customPreviewLayout = new SimpleObjectProperty<>(customPreviewLayout);
         this.defaultCustomPreviewLayout = new SimpleStringProperty(defaultCustomPreviewLayout);
         this.showPreviewAsExtraTab = new SimpleBooleanProperty(showPreviewAsExtraTab);
+        this.showPreviewEntryTableTooltip = new SimpleBooleanProperty(showPreviewEntryTableTooltip);
     }
 
     public ObservableList<PreviewLayout> getLayoutCycle() {
@@ -90,11 +93,23 @@ public boolean shouldShowPreviewAsExtraTab() {
         return showPreviewAsExtraTab.getValue();
     }
 
+    public void setShowPreviewAsExtraTab(boolean showPreviewAsExtraTab) {
+        this.showPreviewAsExtraTab.set(showPreviewAsExtraTab);
+    }
+
     public BooleanProperty showPreviewAsExtraTabProperty() {
         return showPreviewAsExtraTab;
     }
 
-    public void setShowPreviewAsExtraTab(boolean showPreviewAsExtraTab) {
-        this.showPreviewAsExtraTab.set(showPreviewAsExtraTab);
+    public boolean shouldShowPreviewEntryTableTooltip() {
+        return showPreviewEntryTableTooltip.getValue();
+    }
+
+    public void setShowPreviewEntryTableTooltip(boolean showPreviewEntryTableTooltip) {
+        this.showPreviewEntryTableTooltip.set(showPreviewEntryTableTooltip);
+    }
+
+    public BooleanProperty showPreviewEntryTableTooltip() {
+        return showPreviewEntryTableTooltip;
     }
 }