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What happened to back button and refresh button on YouTube PWA
TheShaunSaw thanks for the feedback on this. It's actually by design at present. The YouTube manifest includes the displaymode property for "standalone" which the w3c spec indicates should not have an address bar nor other UI components, though browsers MAY include a "status bar" and a "back button". The displaymode that includes refresh and back is called "minimal-ui". I'm not sure why youtube opted for standalone.
I'll do some follow up with that, as well as possibly reconsider our design and start including the back button if nothing else...
-John
MicrosoftTheShaunSaw thanks for the feedback on this. It's actually by design at present. The YouTube manifest includes the displaymode property for "standalone" which the w3c spec indicates should not have an address bar nor other UI components, though browsers MAY include a "status bar" and a "back button". The displaymode that includes refresh and back is called "minimal-ui". I'm not sure why youtube opted for standalone.
I'll do some follow up with that, as well as possibly reconsider our design and start including the back button if nothing else...
-John
johnjansenAny news about this problem?
I also have a few other sites that have the same behavior:
Could you fix this problem quickly?
Thank you in advance.
I look forward to hearing from you.
- johnjansen
Gryphou thanks for asking. As I mention, this is by design. The sites themselves indicate they want to have the "standalone" appearance, which means no back or refresh button. What they should do is change their manifest so that the browser will include those buttons.
-John
