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Full controls on Picture in Picture mode window
[Recreated in Connect: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/full-controls-for-picture-in-picture-window/idi-p/103]
Currently PiP window can only offer 3 buttons (4 if you turn on the mute button in config. Additionally it can rewind videos, but you can only do that with arrow buttons.
It would be a lot more intuitive if PiP window provided an interface, similar to default browser video control panel with a few additions
My concept is on the second screenshot, where
- bottom panel allows you to pause/unpause, seek video, control volume, go fullscreen
- at the top-left there is a favicon and page(tab) title from where this video is playing. Clicking on it would bring you to that tab, but the PiP window would stay open (for cases, when you need to click something on website js player, etc).
- at the top-right there are buttons that close this window with bringing you back to the original tab and without
Top elements have some space between them and edges so you are able to use this space to drag the window too (aside from area in the middle). Black bars on the screenshot are a part of video, but for videos without them, top elements, when shown, would have soft shading (to be able to see them).
Or mirror the interface of the website player in PiP (any overlays of the video player). That way we can have in PiP resources like subtitles, thumbnails over the seek bar and every feature the website implements.
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I had the same idea, it is excellent
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Also there should be an option to control how many seconds backward or forward i want the video to go with arrow buttons. Currently it's 15 sec which is not ideal specially for going backwards. There should 5 sec and 10 sec options to choose.
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Yes please! :)
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Let, for beginning, make a wide zone of resizing the window "picture in picture". This is great implemented in EDGE. In the thin zone it is impossible to get the cursor. It is constantly angry.
p.s. sorry, google translate
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"4 if you turn on the mute button in config" Where is it? In the settings I did not find this.
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Status label added: Open to the community
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Picture in picture mode was a big advance, but it still lacks some functions like rewind and fast forward as we have on Prime and Netflix when the videos are being played conventionally.
Enabling the keys on the keyboard to do stuff would be even more interesting. The 'F' key could send the user back to the original tab to watch in full mode again, the navigation keys could fast forward or rewind and the 'M' key could mute the sound, etc.
Subtitles would also be helpful.
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Posted in wrong thread.
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Status label added: Mozilla considering
Status label removed: Open to the community
Hey all,
Here with some exciting news…
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Hi,
My name is Ania; I'm a product manager on the Firefox Desktop team.
Thank you for submitting the idea and all the votes and comments.
In the near future, we'll be working on the subtitles/captions support in Picture-in-Picture and on making resizing the PiP window on Windows a little easier. After that, we'll hopefully be able to tackle the support of the extended player controls - volume, playhead scrubber, and full screen.
Cheers,
Ania
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Status label added: Mozilla developing
Status label removed: Mozilla reviewing
This idea has been reviewed by Mozilla and is now on our current roadmap for development. Please continue voting for and submitting ideas, and stay tuned for updates.
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