https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/global-media-player-controls-in-gnome-do-not-open-tab-playing/m-p/97885#M38141 <P>On my system, which is running a GNOME Wayland session on NixOS, the media controls interface (shown in figure 1), which shows media playing in Firefox, when clicked, brings Firefox into focus, but does not adequately go to the media playing tab.</P><P>Specifically, clicking it brings Firefox into focus, and if no Firefox window exists on the current workspace, a workspace with Firefox open is switched to. But the focused window isn’t necessarily the window with the media playing tab, and if that tab is not open, the window doesn’t switch to it.</P><P>I wanted to ask if this is behaviour that Firefox can change, or if this is a limitation of GNOME, MPRIS or Wayland.</P><P>Figure 1: GNOME media controls</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="GNOME notification menu showing notifications and media players with media controls. Four media players are shown." style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/11333iF192B6B929853BF2/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot From 2025-06-03 16-54-28.png" alt="GNOME notification menu showing notifications and media players with media controls. Four media players are shown." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">GNOME notification menu showing notifications and media players with media controls. Four media players are shown.</span></span></P> Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:59:18 GMT anselmschueler 2025-06-03T14:59:18Z https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/global-media-player-controls-in-gnome-do-not-open-tab-playing/m-p/97885#M38141 <P>On my system, which is running a GNOME Wayland session on NixOS, the media controls interface (shown in figure 1), which shows media playing in Firefox, when clicked, brings Firefox into focus, but does not adequately go to the media playing tab.</P><P>Specifically, clicking it brings Firefox into focus, and if no Firefox window exists on the current workspace, a workspace with Firefox open is switched to. But the focused window isn’t necessarily the window with the media playing tab, and if that tab is not open, the window doesn’t switch to it.</P><P>I wanted to ask if this is behaviour that Firefox can change, or if this is a limitation of GNOME, MPRIS or Wayland.</P><P>Figure 1: GNOME media controls</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="GNOME notification menu showing notifications and media players with media controls. Four media players are shown." style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/11333iF192B6B929853BF2/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot From 2025-06-03 16-54-28.png" alt="GNOME notification menu showing notifications and media players with media controls. Four media players are shown." /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">GNOME notification menu showing notifications and media players with media controls. Four media players are shown.</span></span></P> Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:59:18 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/global-media-player-controls-in-gnome-do-not-open-tab-playing/m-p/97885#M38141 anselmschueler 2025-06-03T14:59:18Z