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Sound, video and the mini player
See which tab is playing, mute it, control music from the mini player and keep videos going in picture-in-picture.
Which tab is playing
A tab that plays sound shows a speaker icon, in the sidebar and with tabs on top. Click the icon to mute or unmute the tab.
Mute a tab
- Press Ctrl+M to mute or unmute the tab you are on.
- Right-click a tab and choose Mute site or Unmute site. With several tabs selected, it applies to all of them.
- In the command palette (Ctrl+K), a tab’s Mute action does the same.
The mini player
With tabs in the sidebar, when a tab you can’t see is playing sound, a small player appears in the sidebar. It shows the title, the artist or the site, and the artwork when the site provides it.
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Previous, Next | The previous or next track, on sites that support it |
| Play, Pause | Starts or pauses playback |
| Mute, Unmute | Turns the tab’s sound off or back on |
| The title or the picture | Go to tab: shows the tab that is playing |
| × | Hide player |
The player goes away when you return to the tab that is playing.
Picture-in-picture
When you leave a tab that is playing a video with sound, the video keeps going in a small floating window. It goes back into the page when you return to its tab. To turn this off, use Settings › Tabs › Picture-in-picture when you switch tabs.