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White line in the top when watching a fullscreen video

Anonymous
2020-11-22T01:18:42+00:00

The issue happens when I use Edge with light theme on my MacBook Pro with Big Sur. 

When I watch any video on full screen, a white line appears at the top. I have tried with other browsers such as Chrome or Firefox and the issue is not present. The issue stops when switching to a dark theme.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-22T11:12:31+00:00

    Hello,

    any progress on this issue after almost 2 months? I'm still experiencing this on macOS. I just recently switched from Google Chrome...

    Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-25T18:07:04+00:00

    Same issue here. Remarkable that three months after first complaint here, Microsoft still hasn't fixed it.

    Back to Chrome it is.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-03-08T22:33:50+00:00

    @Alexandra-R Any updates or an ETA on a fix ? I'm using version 89 (updated just today) and this is still an issue.

    The white line issue also happens when using a black InPrivate window in full screen mode using a light theme, whether or not a video is playing.

    The issue goes away when I go to a dark theme for the browser, but it makes other websites (like Youtube) go into dark theme, which I don't want. So that isn't a solution.

    I prefer Edge except for this (very) annoying issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-03-10T18:19:04+00:00

    Hi folks,

    Sorry for the delay in updates here! We're working with Apple to get a fix out for this, as it looks like a specific regression in Mac OS 11. If you've landed on this thread with this issue and are not on Mac OS 11, please create a new thread so we can work with you to troubleshoot.

    -Alex

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-03-15T16:22:03+00:00

    Here to add that this is not "streaming video" only issue, it's about the full screen itself, that shows 1 pixel line at the top. Most of the people don't notice that line because the "full screen" of Mac keeps the Toolbar so it's only "100% full screen" when watching videos on streaming platforms, but the line is there even when browsing sites. 

    Go to "View" > "Always show the toolbar in full screen"> Disable. So now it's 100% full screen all the time and when browsing a black or dark website or having on the top any image you will see the line coming too. 

    I hope you can fix that soon, thank you!

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