microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit
Offline app: Video Cannot Enter Full Screen Mode
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Description
Describe the bug
In the micro:bit offline app, the embedded video cannot be played in full screen. Clicking the full screen button has no effect.
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Download and open the micro:bit offline app: https://makecode.microbit.org/offline-app?version=v8.0.19
- Open any existing project.
- Select Help → Hardware.
- On the Device page, click Play on the embedded video.
- Click the "Full screen" button on the video and observe.
Actual behavior
Clicking the full screen icon does not switch the video to full screen view.
Expected behavior
The video should enter and play in full screen mode when the full screen button is selected.
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Additional context
1.OS: Windows 11 25H2
2.makecode.microbit.org version: 8.0.19
3.Microsoft MakeCode version: 12.0.16
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