Scroll comments/related streams under video

[opusforlife2]

Checklist

• [x] I checked, but didn't find any duplicates of this issue in the repo.
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• [x] This issue contains only one feature request. I will open one issue for every feature I want to request.

Describe the feature you want

When scrolling comments/related streams, the video should stay on screen and comments/streams should disappear under it.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe it

People who are used to Youtube's behaviour find it very strange that the video scrolls as well.

Additional context

This is feedback I've gotten from a user.

[Stypox]

I think this was already discussed in #2907 and @avently was against it. I am personally in favour of this, but it would be really difficult to implement in a good way for every possible configuration of: vetical/horizontal video, landscape/portrait, fullscreen/not fullscreen, ...

[opusforlife2]

It only has to happen for the player embedded in video details in portrait orientation, not full screen. In landscape, videos always play in full screen.

[avently]

@Stypox

really difficult to implement in a good way for every possible configuration of: vetical/horizontal video, landscape/portrait, fullscreen/not fullscreen,

yeah, I didn't think of it. Actually implementing like this would prevent from scrolling in fullscreen which is a useful thing now

[Maxwell12347842]

i would love if this would be implemented again. i hated it after updating how it is now.. this & other things (design related) that got changed in the last update got me to downgrade again since i hate a lot of the new layout design decisions. it was better and more userfriendly before the last update IMHO.

[skyGtm]

@Stypox @opusforlife2 This will help https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/5450#issuecomment-762596954

[Dangelman]

I like scrolling comments while viewing a video in portrait. Would def love to see this feature in NewPipe.

[MD77MD]

@opusforlife2 I think this should be added to Major planned/missing features #6448

[MD77MD]

I also strongly suggest for this to be optional in settings ... to accommodate all different devices and use cases.

[opusforlife2]

@MD77MD It's not major because the functionality is present using the popup player workaround. This would be a convenience, certainly, but it's not 'missing'.

[MD77MD]

you have a point but as you said its way more convenient

[jivemelon]

are there any plans for this at all, or any time soon? I think using the popup player to achieve this functionality is a pretty hacky solution.

[opusforlife2]

Nope. No one has volunteered to work on this, so far.

[joshuabengal]

Would like to see this implemented. Scrolling the video away when you read the comments is a poor user experience,

[adamency]

@Stypox yeah, I didn't think of it. Actually implementing like this would prevent from scrolling in fullscreen which is a useful thing now

Can you explain how you scroll while in full screen ? Cause I don't see any way to do this. This doesn't even seem to mean anything, as if you're reading comments you're by definition not in fullscreen.

And even if this is a thing, we simply have to activate this only in portrait mode, and keep the current behavior in landscape. Doesn't seem to be an obstacle.

[MD77MD]

I think this should be included in the rewrite

[opusforlife2]

The rewrite is being done to make future development easier. So technically, all features that are left for after the rewrite are 'included' in it.

[SyCoREAPER]

I'm SyCoREAPER and I approve this message.

[ReEnMikki]

Someone please fork NewPipe and make this a feature. Bloody hell the fact that this is still not yet implemented is mind boggling.