Description of the issue: The settings icon on the upper right hand side of Youtube videos using the Brave browser no longer lets me access settings to Youtube videos and now only dims my screen until I press it again
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary):
Doing it over and over again
Uninstalling and reinstalling the app
Restarting/manually turning off then turning on my phone
Closing the app and then opening it again
Issue is apparent in Adblock Browser mobile app as well
Closing the old tab to open up a new one in Brave app
Deleting all browser history to attempt again in Brave app
Refreshing the youtube page on the Brave app
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
Expected result: Fix the bug, please. It was not like that previously
Reproduces how often: everyday for the past 2 days. It did it the day before yesterday, but no longer did it after i used Youtube’s app for a short period of time sandwiched in between uses of this version of Brave
Brave Version(about:brave): Brave Private Web Browser, VPN
Android/iOS Model (what device are you using?): Samsung Galaxy S9
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@Starqrl94 what is the version number you’re using currently – you can find this by going to Menu --> Settings --> About Brave.
What do you have your Shields settings set to for the site? You stated that the Adblock browser also has this issue – can you please test this in either Chrome or Firefox or any other browser you may have installed on your phone?
I am having the same issue, from the limited troubleshooting I have done it seems limited to some of the 4K videos on YouTube not all of them, search for “4K” on YouTube and play one of those videos, pressing the cog dims the screen but the menu doesn’t appear so you can’t change the resolution as a result of that.
@Kaled this is very useful information.
Looks like I can reproduce this issue on my end with this and a few other 4K videos. As you stated, I also see this in Chrome and Firefox as well. While it may be related to this issue:
I’m actually inclined to think this is an issue specific to Youtube itself rather than Brave or the browser used to view YT content. I will bring this up to the team and see if filing an issue for this is warranted or if it’s something we’ll have to wait for Google/Youtube to fix itself.
@Starqrl94 yeah as stated above I don’t think this is a Brave specific issue as it seems to be occurring in other browsers. Further, it’s occurring in non-Chromium based browsers like Firefox, so I’m inclined to believe that the issue is on the site’s side. Will reply back here when I hear from the team.
settings icon on the upper right hand side of Youtube videos using the Brave browser no longer lets me access settings to Youtube videos and now only dims my screen until I press it again
