feat: add option to blur thumbnails - #4218
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Category
Feature Request
Problem
Users lack an option to blur YouTube thumbnails to protect privacy, avoid spoilers, or reduce visual distractions. Additionally, previous blur attempts caused a jarring "flash" of the unblurred image when hovering before the video preview loaded.
Solution
Added a "Blur thumbnails" toggle that blurs static thumbnails but allows preview videos to play normally on hover.
it-blur-thumbnails="true"on<html>when enabled.filter: blur(10px)ingeneral.cssfor thumbnails across home, search, sidebar, and playlists..ytThumbnailViewModelImage,.ytwTopLandscapeImageLayoutViewModelHostImageHoverOverlayContainer) to support modern YouTube DOM layouts and image ads.:hoverCSS unblur rules on the static image to prevent the unblur "flash", allowing the native video preview to overlay smoothly.blurThumbnailsstring in_locales/en/messages.json.Alternatives
Considered using a JS-created overlay element (like the night-mode
dimfeature). A pure CSSfilteris simpler, more performant, and perfectly matches the existingsquared_thumbnailsimplementation.Testing
npm test— all 88 tests pass successfully.Closes #4182