Description of the issue: Unable to click on buttons/search boxes on websites browsing through brave latest version
How can this issue be reproduced?
Prerequisites
brave version 1.89.132
mac os - tahoe 26.4
open gmail
left click on search box to type in some text
Unable to click the text box
In the video attached I am trying to constantly left click the gmail search box so that I can type something in it.
I have tried the same on other websites like https://www.findthatmail.com/ , https://devx.notabene.id/ when trying to click the company name. Ideally the click should send the user to the home page of the website but mouse doesnt change to click on hovering.
Expected result:
Should be able to click buttons and click text box to type in text
Additional Information:
I have only 2 extensions on - google translate and last pass
Not having this issue on my end. Can you please try:
Launch Brave
Click Menu > More tools > Guest profile
Close your original profile window
Login to gmail or any other site where you see this issue in the guest window
Test to see if you see the same behavior there
Hi Mattches
I did what you said .
I see the same issue in the guest window. I verified if the issue happens in chrome . The issue does not happen in chrome browser
Chrome browser tested -
Version 147.0.7727.56 (Official Build) (arm64)
bnx1
April 15, 2026, 9:31pm
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I think @bnx1 is correct here – this issue should be resolved in the next browser update:
opened 09:24PM - 14 Apr 26 UTC
OS/Desktop
### Description
After updating Brave, there is a thin horizontal “dead zone” al… ong the entire width of the viewport in macOS native fullscreen. Clicks in this strip are not delivered to the page (links, GitHub header controls, search bar, etc. in that band do not respond). The issue does not occur in non-fullscreen (windowed) mode.
The affected region sits just below the browser chrome (tabs/address bar), running edge-to-edge across the window—similar to a single-pixel-tall (or a few pixels tall) band at the top of the web content area (see annotated screenshot: red line marks the strip).
### Steps to reproduce
1. Open Brave on macOS.
2. Enter fullscreen (green traffic-light button / View → Enter Full Screen).
3. Open any site with a dense top bar (e.g. GitHub).
4. Try to click elements whose top sits in the uppermost row of the page content (under the address bar).
5. Observe missed clicks along a continuous horizontal line across the full width of the page.
6. Expected behavior
7. The full viewport should be clickable; there should be no full-width dead strip under the toolbar.
### Actual result
A full-width horizontal band at the top of the page content does not receive clicks in fullscreen.
### Expected result
The full viewport should be clickable; there should be no full-width dead strip under the toolbar.
### Reproduces how often
Easily reproduced
### Brave version (brave://version info)
Brave | 1.89.132 Chromium: 147.0.7727.56 (Official Build) (arm64)
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Revision | d491a927d068805831350ec9d7e5afda454e83ce
OS | macOS Version 26.3.1 (a) (Build 25D771280a)
JavaScript | V8 14.7.173.16
User agent | Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Command Line | /Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser --disable-domain-reliability --enable-dom-distiller --enable-distillability-service --origin-trial-public-key=bYUKPJoPnCxeNvu72j4EmPuK7tr1PAC7SHh8ld9Mw3E=,fMS4mpO6buLQ/QMd+zJmxzty/VQ6B1EUZqoCU04zoRU= --lso-url=https://no-thanks.invalid --variations-server-url=https://variations.brave.com/seed --variations-insecure-server-url=https://variations.brave.com/seed --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end --component-updater=url-source=https://go-updater.brave.com/extensions
Executable Path | /Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser
Profile Path | /Users/exploit/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default
Linker | lld
Command-line variations | eyJkaXNhYmxlLWZlYXR1cmVzIjoiQUlQcm9tcHRBUElcdTAwM0NCdWlsdElu... |
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### Channel information
- [x] release (stable)
- [ ] beta
- [ ] nightly
### Reproducibility
- [ ] with Brave Shields disabled
- [ ] with Brave Rewards disabled
- [ ] in the latest version of Chrome
### Miscellaneous information
<img width="1440" height="859" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e9d3fcb2-3079-4a45-9315-2311d9ed9352" />