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When I try to maximize a Youtube video, nothing happens.

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Chuckk
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Whenever I try to maximize a Youtube video, nothing happens. I click on the "maximize button" but there is no response.

I can watch Youtube videos in the "minimized" and "theatrical" view just fine. I can watch videos on other websites on fullscreen as well. When I switch to another web browser, like Chrome, I can watch Youtube videos in maximized view just fine.

Whenever I try to maximize a Youtube video, nothing happens. I click on the "maximize button" but there is no response. I can watch Youtube videos in the "minimized" and "theatrical" view just fine. I can watch videos on other websites on fullscreen as well. When I switch to another web browser, like Chrome, I can watch Youtube videos in maximized view just fine.

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Hi Chuckk. 1. Go to Youtube. 2. Once the site has loaded, click on the small lock icon in the location bar. 3. Set the "Enter Fullscreen: " permission to "Always Ask" or "Allow".

(Don't forget to re-enable things like hardware acceleration if my solution worked.)

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

You need to close and restart Firefox after toggling this setting.

Try to "disable the hardware acceleration" in the Flash Player.

Flash "Display settings" window:

Chuckk
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None of that seemed to help. I disabled Hardware Acceleration for both Firefox and Flash Player. I still have the same issue.

kenkon
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Hi Chuckk. 1. Go to Youtube. 2. Once the site has loaded, click on the small lock icon in the location bar. 3. Set the "Enter Fullscreen: " permission to "Always Ask" or "Allow".

(Don't forget to re-enable things like hardware acceleration if my solution worked.)

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kenkon said

Hi Chuckk. 1. Go to Youtube. 2. Once the site has loaded, click on the small lock icon in the location bar. 3. Set the "Enter Fullscreen: " permission to "Always Ask" or "Allow". (Don't forget to re-enable things like hardware acceleration if my solution worked.)

Jeez O' Pete! That did it! Thank you so much. I have no idea how that got switched off. I didn't even know it was there, and I've been using Firefox for over a year now with no problems.

Thank you again for solving this very annoying issue for me!