Closed Bug 1865494 Opened 6 months ago Closed 5 months ago

Implement see-through picture-in-picture video player mode

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(Toolkit :: Picture-in-Picture, enhancement, P3)

enhancement

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RESOLVED FIXED
122 Branch
Tracking Status
firefox122 --- fixed

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(Reporter: sev, Assigned: sev)

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This is an enhancement request to add the option to dim / make picture-in-picture video player semi-transparent to allow the user to quickly glance at the obscured content.

Ideally there would also be a "transparency" mode where unhandled clicks on the PiP window would be sent back to the OS, allowing to interact with the obscured content.

Implement experimental transparent-on-hover behavior for the
picture-in-picture video player. This makes the popup player less of
a nuisance on smaller displays.

Tested on macOS, but should also work on Windows with small tweaks.

The behavior is hidden behind a pref:
media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.seethrough-mode.enabled

Assignee: nobody → sev
Status: UNCONFIRMED → ASSIGNED
Ever confirmed: true

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Toolkit::Picture-in-Picture' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Component: Untriaged → Picture-in-Picture
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
Severity: -- → N/A
Priority: -- → P3
Pushed by ealvarez@mozilla.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/ce2ab0cff866
Implement see-through video player mode r=emilio,mstange,desktop-theme-reviewers,pip-reviewers,mhowell
Regressions: 1867659
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 months ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → 122 Branch
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