🐞Blank space between comments section when watching Shorts.

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
28/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

The report identifies a blank space in the Shorts comments section when the extension is enabled in Chrome, but names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the issue on a Shorts page and inspect the affected comments layout; done should remove the unintended blank space without disrupting the comments section.

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Description

CSS good first issue help wanted up-for-grabs YouTube changed
Concise Description

Reported the exact same bug last year too once, got corrected in the next update, has now returned again.

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Browser/s

Chrome

Other Browser:

No response

'Steps to reproduce' - Which of our features is required for the bug to happen?

Extension ON.

Since when?

Can't even remember but definitely since past 2-3 months or so.

Does the bug still happen when you log out of YouTube?

None

..No? Then please paste your yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS. Twice (With the error & Without)

No response

Are any errors or related log-messages shown in the Browser-Console? (F12)

No response

Tested as the only active extension? (incognito mode or another browser users):

None

Expected preferred behavior:

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ImprovedTube Version

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Your Settings (From the Extension's -Hamburger menu > Settings > Backup & reset > Export settings)

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Your YouTube-Document

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OS / Device:

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