topic I don't WANT pop out! in Discussions

I don't WANT pop out!

Earl1 — Wed, 10 May 2023 13:10:28 GMT

I don't want/need pop out. I've been asking Mozilla for years to design a method to keep videos from automatically popping out when I scroll down a page. You're going in the wrong direction, IMHO.

Re: I don't WANT pop out!

jscher2000 — Wed, 10 May 2023 17:41:34 GMT

Picture-in-picture (pop-out) is a user controlled feature that launches a separate frame outside the window. More info: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/about-picture-picture-firefox

Websites are not allowed to trigger that kind of pop-out. What you're seeing is when sites monitor how far you have scrolled, and then change the position of a video player from its original location in text (static) to being fixed to the window frame (fixed) so that it can't be scrolled away any more.

Firefox doesn't have a feature to prevent sites from changing parts of their layout from position:static to position:fixed, but there might be an add-on that can do it. Some of the major ad blocking extensions also include features that target annoying page behaviors. You can search over here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/

Re: I don't WANT pop out!

zapbuzz — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:09:18 GMT

I have to agree it is really annoying. Also is the tab that displays offering to pop out youtube videos just because my mouse hovered over the video. I don't find it fun at all.

Re: I don't WANT pop out!

zapbuzz — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:12:27 GMT

Its annoying and lags the webpage whilst I am scrolling. It bothers me that a tab appears in youtube videos offering to pop out the video when i hover the ouse over. I want to be able to switch it off.

Re: I don't WANT pop out!

Agentvirtuel — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:13:30 GMT

Hello

About, other floating videos.

Below, an test, and, with the help of uBlock Origin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dashboard:-My-filters

! 16 août 2025 https://uk.style.yahoo.com uk.style.yahoo.com##.evp-docked-fadein.evp-docked.evp-main

https://www.youtube.com/embed/RGHjqCzTwsA

But, is not always easy, to find the required information.