The other day, my whole profile was reset due to dev incompetence, I have to read all the blocked elements and one that is almost impossible are the blue blocks that show up on Fakebook (Facebook). When I select block element and click on it, it disappears and it selects whatever is behind it, for example. on Fakebook group moderation, I always get, ‘You can include feedback when declining member requests.’ It’ll show up again when I refresh the page or how to approve members, no matter what.
@AconiteViolet can you share a screenshot of the specific elements you’re referring to?
Unfortunately it looks like that image/link is broken and I cannot view the image.
It’s working now. I tested it on two computers.
Those blue Facebook boxes are likely dynamic React overlays that disappear/unmount when the blocker’s element picker changes focus, so your click hits the element underneath instead.
Even if removed, Facebook can recreate them on refresh, so you need a persistent cosmetic filter targeting a stable DOM attribute/text, not the temporary visual element.
Do you have it blocked in another browser? If so, you can probably just copy the codes from one browser and paste it into the other. I know it does not fix it entirely, but hopefully that is a workaround for you. I hope this helps.
Right click, “Block elements”, select element, confirm.
It just brings up the box like before. I meant if I can copy something from the source page or something that will work.
I never thought of that. I think I do. Do I just copy it into a text document and paste it?
I believe so. I haven’t done it before, but it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try. Make sure you backup anything new you have in there first.
There’s a section when you edit your filters list, called custom filter rules. “Block Elements” is a GUI that adds to that. If you can figure out the exact language of what you want to block, adding it to there should work.
brave://settings/shields/filters