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Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by Daikun » 2025-07-16, 02:45

Whenever I try to watch YouTube Shorts on Pale Moon, they look like this now:

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The three dots where I can pull down my menu options, the like and dislike buttons, the comments... They're all gone. It's just the video and basic volume options.
Here's a sample short, if you need to try it yourself.

I'm not having this issue when watching YT Shorts on other browsers, and restarting in Safe Mode made no difference. Any idea what the problem could be?

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Re: Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by dbsoft » 2025-07-16, 04:18

I see them fine on your link. Try with a clean profile?

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Re: Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by vannilla » 2025-07-16, 15:31

Works on my machine too. Granted, it took a bit before everything loaded, but it's there.

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Re: Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by Thad E G » 2025-07-22, 14:26

Daikun wrote:
2025-07-16, 02:45
The three dots where I can pull down my menu options, the like and dislike buttons, the comments... They're all gone.
Same for me. Never much watch youtube shorts so didn't know what they were supposed to look like!

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Re: Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by Harkonnen » 2025-07-23, 05:21

I have the same issue with youtube shorts. Tried clean profile too.

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Re: Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by BenFenner » 2025-07-23, 23:10

Off-topic:

To dissable/hide YouTube Shorts across the entire site (unless you purposefully go looking for them):

uBlock Origin filters to apply:

Code: Select all

www.youtube.com##ytd-guide-renderer a.yt-simple-endpoint[title="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-guide-entry-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-mini-guide-renderer a.yt-simple-endpoint[title="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-mini-guide-entry-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse #dismissible ytd-rich-grid-slim-media[is-short]:upward(ytd-rich-section-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-grid-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-search ytd-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer ytd-compact-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer ytd-shelf-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="subscriptions"] ytd-video-renderer span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-item-section-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer
www.youtube.com###content > .ytd-rich-section-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##grid-shelf-view-model.ytGridShelfViewModelHostHasBottomButton.ytd-item-section-renderer.ytGridShelfViewModelHost:nth-of-type(n+1)
www.youtube.com###contents > grid-shelf-view-model.ytGridShelfViewModelHostHasBottomButton.ytd-item-section-renderer.ytGridShelfViewModelHost:nth-of-type(n+1)
www.youtube.com##.ytd-item-section-renderer.ytGridShelfViewModelHost
m.youtube.com##ytm-reel-shelf-renderer
m.youtube.com##ytm-pivot-bar-renderer div.pivot-shorts:upward(ytm-pivot-bar-item-renderer)
m.youtube.com##ytm-browse ytm-item-section-renderer ytm-video-with-context-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])
m.youtube.com##ytm-browse ytm-item-section-renderer ytm-compact-video-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])
m.youtube.com##ytm-search ytm-compact-video-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])

I keep this list updated here: https://www.sr20-forum.com/bug-hunt/!78 ... -site.html

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Re: Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by Daikun » 2025-07-23, 23:31

I'm not trying to disable YouTube Shorts. I'm trying to fix them.

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Re: Key features missing from YouTube Shorts.

Post by Gemmaugr » 2025-07-24, 05:55

BenFenner wrote:
2025-07-23, 23:10
Off-topic:

To dissable/hide YouTube Shorts across the entire site (unless you purposefully go looking for them):

uBlock Origin filters to apply:

Code: Select all

www.youtube.com##ytd-guide-renderer a.yt-simple-endpoint[title="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-guide-entry-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-mini-guide-renderer a.yt-simple-endpoint[title="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-mini-guide-entry-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse #dismissible ytd-rich-grid-slim-media[is-short]:upward(ytd-rich-section-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-grid-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-search ytd-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer ytd-compact-video-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer ytd-shelf-renderer:has(span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"])
www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="subscriptions"] ytd-video-renderer span.ytd-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[aria-label="Shorts"]:upward(ytd-item-section-renderer)
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer
www.youtube.com###content > .ytd-rich-section-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##grid-shelf-view-model.ytGridShelfViewModelHostHasBottomButton.ytd-item-section-renderer.ytGridShelfViewModelHost:nth-of-type(n+1)
www.youtube.com###contents > grid-shelf-view-model.ytGridShelfViewModelHostHasBottomButton.ytd-item-section-renderer.ytGridShelfViewModelHost:nth-of-type(n+1)
www.youtube.com##.ytd-item-section-renderer.ytGridShelfViewModelHost
m.youtube.com##ytm-reel-shelf-renderer
m.youtube.com##ytm-pivot-bar-renderer div.pivot-shorts:upward(ytm-pivot-bar-item-renderer)
m.youtube.com##ytm-browse ytm-item-section-renderer ytm-video-with-context-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])
m.youtube.com##ytm-browse ytm-item-section-renderer ytm-compact-video-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])
m.youtube.com##ytm-search ytm-compact-video-renderer:has(ytm-thumbnail-overlay-time-status-renderer[data-style="SHORTS"])

I keep this list updated here: https://www.sr20-forum.com/bug-hunt/!78 ... -site.html
Nice! This will come in handy. Thanks