Google Chrome’s media controls can soon be popped out into a floating overlay

Google has been working on revamped media controls for Chrome for a while and they went live in Stable earlier this year. The media controls allow you to manage whatever is playing from the toolbar, rather than navigating to the tab/window. Soon, it looks like those media controls will get even better.

Recently, a feature request for the global media controls was picked up and added to the Chromium code. The request simply states: “Add ability to drag a notification out of the dialog.” This would make it possible to detach the controls from the toolbar and put them anywhere on the screen. The request goes on to explain: “We want the user to be able to click and drag a notification out of the media dialog and into an always-on-top overlay.”

The second part of the description is key as it will allow the controls to stay on top. This is important because otherwise it would just be another window to find. The feature is already being added to Chrome and there’s a flag that will soon be able to enable it on the Canary channel. The flag can be found at chrome://flags/#global-media-controls. 

If you’re someone that keeps a lot of tabs open (which most of us probably are), Chrome’s media controls are a real time saver. Having the shortcut in the toolbar means you never have to worry about which tab is playing media. Putting the controls in a floating window saves you from that extra click. Is it a huge deal? Maybe not, but it’s a nice option. We look forward to seeing the feature rollout.

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Source 1: Chromium Gerrit | Source 2: Bug Tracker | Via: Chrome Story

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