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🐞Header Position = Static hides the header/search bar on the YouTube homepage
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Description
Concise Description
Header Position = Static hides the header on the YouTube homepage
I believe a temporary fix would be to only apply this modification when on a /watch? url
Example:
Browser/s
Firefox
Other Browser:
No response
'Steps to reproduce' - Which of our features is required for the bug to happen?
open youtube.com, set appearance > header > position=static
Since when?
Unsure
Does the bug still happen when you log out of YouTube?
Yes
..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):
Yes
Expected preferred behavior:
Search Bar is static on all pages
ImprovedTube Version
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Your Settings (From the Extension's ⋮-Hamburger menu > Settings > Backup & reset > Export settings)
Your YouTube-Document
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OS / Device:
MacOS
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First steps
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- 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 the issue on youtube.com with Appearance > Header > Position set to Static, then trace the extension entry point that applies this setting. Verify the header and search bar remain visible on the homepage while the intended static behavior still works on /watch? URLs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100