"Autoplay was blocked on this page" symbol prevents dragging from address bar to create shortcuts

Brave Browser Desktop Support
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Description of the issue: If Brave blocks autoplay of a video, the symbol on the left side of the address bar changes from “two sliding switches” to “encircled right-pointing triangle”, which prevents dragging and dropping into a Windows folder to create an Internet shortcut.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Block autoplay from within Brave settings: brave://settings/content/autoplay
  2. Visit a page with automatically playing videos, such as this one.
  3. Notice how the symbol on the left side of the address bar changes, indicating that autoplay was blocked.
  4. Attempt to drag from that symbol into a folder.

Expected result:

The changed symbol should not prevent dragging from the symbol.

Brave Version (check About Brave): 1.75.175 Chromium: 133.0.6943.54 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information: Here are some screenshots of the different symbols.

“two sliding switches”

"two sliding switches" symbol

“encircled right-pointing triangle”

"encircled right-pointing triangle" symbol

EDIT: The “notifications blocked” (crossed-out bell) symbol also prevents dragging. However, when I switched tabs and came back later, the symbol was back to being “two sliding switches”, and dragging worked as expected.

"notifications blocked" symbol

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@StevenJS,
That is strange behavior, considering I see something totally different when I try to reproduce this. For me, when I visit that site (or any site that blocks Autoplay), I do see the sliding notification in the address bar, but when it collapses it disappears completely. I do not see the “encircled right-pointing triangle” as you described it. Further, whether or not that sliding “autoplay blocked” notification is still visible, I can still click on the URL and drag it to create a bookmark or shortcut on the desktop.

aptest

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I just updated to Brave Version 1.75.178 Chromium: 133.0.6943.98 (Official Build) (64-bit).

I noticed the notification collapsing as you did. However, switching to another tab and then back causes the symbol to change (or rather, show the collapsed but not disappeared notification). I am able to at least click on the URL and drag from there. I’ll remember to do that when I can’t drag from the symbol.

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Ah I see now — switching to another tab then back does show the truncated slider notification.

But yeah, when trying to click/drag from the address bar, I’d recommend always doing so on the URL/text itself.