Open Bug 1769496 Opened 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago

The PiP play button doesn't work if the main window video hasn't started playing after a refresh

Categories

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

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Picture-in-Picture
Platform:
Desktop
All
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox100 --- affected
firefox101 --- affected
firefox102 --- affected

People

(Reporter: cbaica, Unassigned)

Details

Affected versions

  • Fx 102.0a1
  • Fx101.0b7
  • Fx100.0.1 RC

Affected platforms

  • Windows 10
  • macOS
  • Ubuntu 20.04

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch Firefox.
  2. Navigate to youtube and start playing a video.
  3. Refresh the tab with the video.
  4. After the page is refreshed press CTRL+SHIFT+] to launch PiP for the video.
  5. Click the play button on the PiP window.

Expected result

  • Video starts playing.

Actual result

  • Nothing happens.

Regression range

  • Will come bag with a regression range ASAP.

Additional notes

  • The issue also occurs on vimeo.
  • The issue seems to be particularly affected by the block autoplay feature, since this can't be reproduced on websites like twitch, where the livestream starts playing after a page refresh.
  • Might be similar to 1768202.
Has Regression Range: --- → no
Has STR: --- → yes
Keywords: regressionwindow-wanted
QA Whiteboard: [qa-regression-triage]

I don't think there is a regression range for this particular bug, mainly because the issue is reproducing ever since PiP got implemented.
As a workaround, if the user focuses anywhere on the video/page after the page refresh, autoplay will start normally and the issue does not reproduce.

Has Regression Range: no → ---
QA Whiteboard: [qa-regression-triage]
Keywords: regressionwindow-wanted
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