Open PIP command (Alt+P)

electryon

Vivaldi has so many commands and you can use them to create command chains.
But there is one missing and it should be there.
Open PIP window. The keyboard shortcut of it is Alt+P.
There are many sites that Vivaldi can't create for various reasons the PIP icon in every video, so I am using this addon Picture-in-Picture Extension to bypass this and use it to "force" PIP.
Firefox adds a PIP button in the address area every time you play a video, so if it fails to create the PIP icon in the video, you can go to PIP from the button in the address bar.
In Vivaldi you can't go to PIP if Vivaldi won't create the button in the video frame.
In other chromium browsers we have the global media controls so from there you can go to PIP in every video.
Please add the PIP icon like Firefox in the address bar or add the command, so we could create the button ourselves.
We shouldn't have to use an extension for something that simple in a customization powerhouse like Vivaldi.
A new command for it will solve the issue, Vivaldi has so many commands, and this is an important command that should be available.
The keyboard shortcut of it is Alt+P

Hadden89

@electryon The command may not builtin in but you can already do it without extensions.

Settings --> Quick Commands --> Command Chains --> New (+) --> Open Link in current tab --> this code javascript:var%20v=document.querySelector(%22video%22);v.removeAttribute(%22disablePictureInPicture%22);v.requestPictureInPicture();if(history.replaceState)%7Bwindowe.history.replaceState(%7B%7D,%22%22,location.href);%7D;
Add the new button to the toolbar if you will
Settings --> Keyboard --> Chains --> assign your keyboard shortcut.

electryon

@Hadden89 said in Open PIP command (Alt+P):

@electryon
Is not builtin but you can already do it without extensions (minus the pip button injected into the active video).

Settings --> Quick Commands --> New )(+) --> Open Link in current tab --> this code javascript:var%20v=document.querySelector(%22video%22);v.removeAttribute(%22disablePictureInPicture%22);v.requestPictureInPicture();if(history.replaceState)%7Bwindowe.history.replaceState(%7B%7D,%22%22,location.href);%7D;

Add the new button to the toolbar

Settings --> Keyboard --> Chains --> assign your shortcut.

Thanks, I know about this, but it only goes to PIP, it doesn't close the PIP if you press it again.
So I ended up using the extension I mentioned, it doesn't replace the url like a javascript command does and it can open and close the PIP window.
A simple COMMAND_OPEN_PIP that just simulates the Alt+P shortcut would be the best solution.
Can we simulate a key press like Alt+P with javascript?

electryon

@Hadden89 said in Open PIP command (Alt+P):

@electryon The command may not builtin in but you can already do it without extensions.

Settings --> Quick Commands --> Command Chains --> New (+) --> Open Link in current tab --> this code javascript:var%20v=document.querySelector(%22video%22);v.removeAttribute(%22disablePictureInPicture%22);v.requestPictureInPicture();if(history.replaceState)%7Bwindowe.history.replaceState(%7B%7D,%22%22,location.href);%7D;

Add the new button to the toolbar if you will

Settings --> Keyboard --> Chains --> assign your keyboard shortcut.

Hi Hadden, this command had 2 issues.

It kept the javascript in the url, if there was no video in the page it also kept the javascript in the url.
It could only open the PIP window, it couldn't close it if it was open.

I have fixed the issue with the remaining javascript code in the url and I also made it to toggle the PIP.

Now it works the same way with the extension I had been using:)

javascript:var%20v=document.querySelector(%22video%22);if(history.replaceState)%7Bwindow.history.replaceState(%7B%7D,%22%22,location.href);%7D;v.removeAttribute(%22disablePictureInPicture%22);if(v!==document.pictureInPictureElement)%20v.requestPictureInPicture();else%20document.exitPictureInPicture();