Discovery (and production) of small (~rare) but global features.

[desteemy]

(Edit by @ImprovedTube: originally this is/was a request for a feature we got in a different spot: "Allow the Play on TV button to be hidden". )

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⚬ PROBLEM:

There is a button Play on TV in video player, which can be clicked accidentialy. Fortunately, first it will ask to which device should it cast. So it's not that bad as it used to be, where it immediately played a video on found TV. Some users might found this button will never be used.

Youtube does not provide functionality to dissable this button. Some browsers provide options to disable Casting globally by switching appropriate flag. Is it enough?

⚬ SOLUTION:

Adding switch that will hide and unhide Play on TV built-in button. There is a perfect place for this in already existing list Player -> Buttons as seen on the following screenshots:

⚬ ALTERNATIVES:

⚬ RELEVANCE / SCOPE:

By default the button Play on TV should be visible, because it is a built-in function, but I suspect at least 10% of users might find it useful. There are threads requesting that feature on different devices posted on many websites: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/204292615/how-to-remove-google-cast-media-control-button-in-the-current-build?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/thread/202143057/how-do-i-turn-off-youtube-tv-casting?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/7163989/how-to-remove-the-cast-to-tv-button-from-my-android-device-for-youtube-and-google-chrome?hl=en https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-way-to-get-rid-of-the-cast-button-on-YouTube-so-that-I-stop-accidentally-taking-over-the-TV

⚬ "SIDE EFFECTS":

This functionality will edit built-in button visible on the video player, allowing the button to be removed and make UI more clear. So I believe it will be accepted well by people who take their time to look into extension settings. ⚬ _CONTEXT_:

// Thank you!

SHORT Table	(Summary)
Problem	Annoying Play on TV button visible on video player UI
Solution	Add switch that will hide/unhide this button
Alternatives
Scope	10%
Side effects	1%
Context

[BoazStassar]

@ImprovedTube Can i work on this?

[ImprovedTube]

Thank you! @BoazStassar @desteemy

[ImprovedTube]

I suspect at least 10% of users might find it useful.

yes, might be more among our users, besides extensions aren't most popular yet.

I believe it will be accepted well by people who take their time to look into extension settings.

check appearance: player: "hide player controls buttons" - we should add a copy of this button from menu/skeleton....appeance.js to the end of menu/skeleton...player.js

[ImprovedTube]

..in sum, thanks for pointing out in one more way that our structure is important please join discussing this topic & plans if you can / like:

[ImprovedTube]

next to structure for users, structure for volunteers / developers also matters. (Such as the question: how could i have made us participate here first for example.)

#1445 (player buttons) #:~:text=chromecast

(Did you find 2037 because it was new & labeled up for grabs @BoazStassar?)

[ImprovedTube]

back to our feature ( hiding the TV button ), does it cover the apple equivalent?

[ImprovedTube]

thanks for caring! @BoazStassar

we can also have another link to Appearance:Player in bottom of the Player Section and or endless scrolling (open end task)