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# Pop Videos Out As Picture-in-Picture
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I recently learned that just about any video playing in Chrome and Firefox can
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be popped out to a picture-in-picture (PIP) player. A PIP player gives you a sidecar
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video player window that you can arrange and resize anywhere on your screen. It
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sits on top of other windows so that you can view it while working from other
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apps. This is useful if, for instance, you are working through a coding
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tutorial on youtube.
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For most video players, you can right click on the video and the menu that
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appears will include a "Picture in Picture" option. Select that and the arrange
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the player to your liking.
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Youtube overrides right-click. If you right-click, you'll see one menu of
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Youtube-specific options. Right-click a second time to open the standard
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browser menu which will include the PIP option.
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I noticed while also testing this on Firefox, that they have a PIP icon that
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appears as a small overlay on the right side of the video player that you can
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click as well. This is useful because I found some site's video players were
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(inadvertently) preventing right-click.
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