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Jitsi fullscreen broken in Safari
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Description
Description:
Jitsi calls that enter fullscreen have Rocket.Chat UI overlayed on top of them in Safari. It works fine in Chrome, Firefox, Brave and Edge though.
Safari

Chrome

Steps to reproduce:
- Join a call using Safari
- Enter fullscreen
Expected behavior:
Should not see rocket chat UI elements on the fullscreen video call
Actual behavior:
I see rocket chat UI elements on the fullscreen video call
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.16.3
- Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04
- Deployment Method: snap
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- DB Replicaset Oplog: Enabled
- NodeJS Version: v12.22.1
- MongoDB Version: 3.6.14 (oplog Enabled)

Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: Safari Version 14.1.1 (16611.2.7.1.4)
- Operating System: macOS 11.4 Big Sur
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing a Jitsi call in fullscreen with Safari 14.1.1 and compare it with Chrome, following the issue's listed steps. Trace the frontend fullscreen integration and determine why Rocket.Chat UI remains visible; done means the video call hides those UI elements in Safari without regressing other browsers.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100