Open Bug 1813895 Opened 2 years ago Updated 5 months ago

Show native video controls in context menu, like Fennec

Categories

(GeckoView :: General, enhancement)

Product:
GeckoView
Component:
General
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: jonalmeida, Unassigned)

Details

From github: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/18508.

What is the user problem or growth opportunity you want to see solved?

Some videos don't show controls when we want to control them: play, pause, seek, etc.

Desktop Firefox has this, and Fennec had this option, where you could long press/right click a video and choose a "Show controls" option to show the controls.

How do you know that this problem exists today? Why is this important?

From the previous posting of this request https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/14730:

Steps to reproduce

  1. Navigate to https://www.reddit.com/r/reactiongifs/comments/imfj9f/me_watching_any_magic_trick/
  2. Tap image
  3. Long press on video

Expected behavior

"Show Controls" option, like in Fennec:

Actual behavior

No "Show Controls" option.

Who will benefit from it?

:shrug: end users

┆Issue is synchronized with this Jira Task

Change performed by the Move to Bugzilla add-on.

Severity: -- → N/A

This is still an issue as of January, 2025. Any pointers on where in the code this change must be done? I might be able to give it a try.

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