[Feature Request] Hide Progress Bar / Old Progress Bar Option

[deepspaceaxolotl]

Is your feature request related to a usage problem (not a bug)? Please describe.
The new progress bar red-and-grey-line remains visible, unlike the old one before the rewrite.

Describe the solution you'd like to see implemented
An option to switch back to the old progress bar, where the red isn't always visible when not hovered over and the bar doesn't fill the entire width and stick out as much. Might seem nitpicky, but it's visually easier on the eyes to me, as the red is (and can remain frankly) quite bright. Also, having it disappear as quickly (animation length + time on screen past hover end) as the old one would make the UI feel way more responsive.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Waiting for the CSS styles feature to arrive to see if I can tweak this manually.

[pablodekota]

if i knew what it looked like, i would implement it as a toggle thingy

[GilgusMaximus]

This could be done in combination with #695 . If someone has an idea how to fix it. Unfortunately we are not very knowledgeable in the VideoJS code base + plugins system.

[kommunarr]

What did the old progress bar look like? (Not that many people would remember or care now, I imagine)

[deepspaceaxolotl]

It would disappear completely when the video was playing, and looked like this when you hovered over the video or it was paused.

[deepspaceaxolotl]

Just updated to check another implemented feature and I noticed another aspect of the new bar that makes it slightly more annoying/less intuitive to use, namely, the seek bar being above the buttons and timestamps rather than below. I instinctively aim for the visible bar with my mouse, but then have to readjust as it moves out from under it. I think I'd just be happy to get the old progress bar back, with the bar underneath buttons/info, white instead of red for progress and hidden away completely after hovering off.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

where the red isn't always visible when not hovered over and the bar doesn't fill the entire width and stick out as much

Hi @deepspaceaxolotl I think this solves your issue

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[deepspaceaxolotl]

Partially, yeah! Definitely better. If it would be too tricky/undesirable to move the seek/progress bar to the bottom, then that would fix the biggest issues for me, yeah.

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Great to hear. Unfortunately we cant do anything about the placement of the progress bar.