1855918 - [Linux+Wayland] The subtitles are no longer displayed in PiP window when the main browser window is minimized

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Picture-in-Picture, defect)

Description

[Ina Popescu, Desktop QA]

Attachment: Screencast from 29.09.2023 12_25_08.webm

Note

• This issue is noticeable when the user launches PiP in a Linux+Wayland session.

Found in

• Firefox 119.0b2

Affected versions

• Firefox 119.0b2
• Nightly 120.0a1

Tested platforms

• Affected platforms: Ubuntu 22.04

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox
2. Access a [Youtube video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRkr-a0f7ys) where subtitles/CC are available
3. Turn on subtitles/CC and launch the video in PiP
4. Minimized the main browser window

Expected result

• The subtitles are still displayed in the PiP window while the video is played-back.

Actual result

• The subtitles freeze in the PiP window.

Regression range

• We'll search for the corresponding regression.

Additional notes

• N/A

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

:epopescu, if you think that's a regression, could you try to find a regression range using for example mozregression?