[Feature Request]: Enable Preferred Viewing Mode by Default

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Guidelines

• [X] I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the feature request I want to file, without success.
• [X] I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the feature request I want to file, without success.
• [X] This issue contains only one feature request.

Problem Description

Only option users have is to Enable Theatre Mode by Default but not for the other viewing modes.

Proposed Solution

Create a dropdown in the player settings called Default Viewing Mode with the following values:

• Default
• Theatre
• Picture-In-Picture
• Full Window
• Fullscreen
• External player

Alternatives Considered

None.

Issue Labels

ease of use improvement

Additional Information

No response

[lazyb5]

I would love to see these settings implemented!

[ParasiteDelta]

I was just coming to file this. Alongside the lack of a button to play all videos from a channel, or a button to shuffle all videos from a channel, this is a constant annoyance when using FreeTube. Every single time the video changes, it defaults back to standard view, ripping me out of theater fullscreen and frustrating me when I go to look for a minute or two at my playlist and find that the video is partially off-screen or not focused. However, between this and GlazeWM, it provides a good dev environment for background noise when it works.

[xlacroixx]

Here checking in for #2332.

I saw that the project was migrating their player; have they done it? Otherwise I might look into doing a PR if it's easy even for a non-web dev.

[0Raik]

👍 It's sad that most of us aren't developers and the few there are don't program the same language, otherwise I would absolutely contribute to this project ❤️

Thanks to all the developers and contributors that expend their time and effort to this amazing project. Thank you!