Fullscreening videos locks browser to fullscreen mode

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Whenever I full screen any video or “fullscreenable” thing in Brave, it auto puts my browser in full screen mode, which I do not like. I want to be able full screen a video and then press escape and not be in full screen mode (so I can access my other tabs). This is especially annoying in Youtube, X (formerly twitter), twitch, and even Canvas of all websites.
This can be reproduced by simply opening up a youtube video and pressing f or clicking the full screen button. This will put the video in full screen like I want, but as soon as I click off to exit full screen, the browser is in full screen mode. I then have to click the X at the top or press F11 to then unlock the window from full screen mode and resize it to the correct size.

  1. open youtube/twitter/twitch
  2. Press F/Full screen button
  3. Press F/esc to exit and page is now on full screen mode

I want to be able to click esc or the full screen button again and it will not have my browser in full screen mode.

Brave Version: Version 1.76.81 Chromium: 134.0.6998.166 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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The same is happening with me.
Did you find a solution to this?
My Version:
Version 1.77.95 Chromium: 135.0.7049.52 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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You must have some extension that is triggering the f11 full screen after pressing esc. I had a volume booster extension installed on my browser that cause this.
I removed it and this issue was fixed.

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Came here to say the same thing @BisleriBaba did – it is likely that there is an extension installed preventing this shortcut from working properly.