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Youtube starts to load in center then moves to right side of screen Chrome and Explorer stays in the middle

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Youtube starts in the middle of the screen then moves to the right side with other thumbnails overlapping the left side of the video. This does not happen in any other browsers I use and only started happening in Firefox about 6-8 months ago to the best of my memory. Full screen works fine. I just do not want to watch in full screen all the time.

Youtube starts in the middle of the screen then moves to the right side with other thumbnails overlapping the left side of the video. This does not happen in any other browsers I use and only started happening in Firefox about 6-8 months ago to the best of my memory. Full screen works fine. I just do not want to watch in full screen all the time.

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If you have made changes to Advanced font settings like increasing the minimum font size then try the default setting "none" in case the current setting is causing problems.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Minimum Font Size (none)

Make sure that you allow websites to choose their fonts.

  • Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced: [X] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"

It is better not to increase the minimum font size, but to use an extension to set the default page zoom to prevent issues with text not being displayed properly.


Clear the cache and the cookies from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.