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fix(call): align one participant stripe to the end.
DorraJaouad Aug 31, 2026
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fix(call): paint the tiles of a call on a solid background
DorraJaouad Aug 31, 2026
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feat(call): lay the stripe out as a card
DorraJaouad Aug 31, 2026
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fix(call): float the stripe while nobody else is in the call
DorraJaouad Aug 31, 2026
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refactor(call): name the promoted video prop after the layout it drives
DorraJaouad Aug 31, 2026
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fix(Stripe): adjust positioning of stripe against promoted area
DorraJaouad Aug 31, 2026
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/components/CallView/Grid/StripeControls.vue
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Expand Up @@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const toggleLabel = computed(() => props.isOpen
gap: var(--default-grid-baseline);
width: fit-content;
padding-block-start: var(--default-grid-baseline);
padding-inline-end: var(--default-grid-baseline);
// Barely there while the call is not being looked at, as they sit over the
// tiles, and in their own color as soon as it is
opacity: .4;
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25 changes: 23 additions & 2 deletions src/components/CallView/Grid/VideosGrid.vue
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Expand Up @@ -465,8 +465,10 @@ export default {
gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${getHalfColumnCount(columns)}, ${halfColumnWidth})`,
gridTemplateRows: `repeat(${rows}, minmax(${this.dpiAwareMinHeight}px, 1fr))`,
// The columns no longer take the whole width once they are
// capped, so the grid itself has to center them
justifyContent: 'center',
// capped, so the grid itself has to place them. A stripe holding
// a single tile keeps it at the inline end, where the tiles of a
// fuller stripe end as well, rather than in the middle.
justifyContent: this.isStripe && this.totalTiles === 1 ? 'end' : 'center',

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This probably needs a guard for noLocalVideoReserve - so if it's three people, but your video will be hidden, don't shift a sole person in stripe to your place

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But then, one video will be centered in the middle which is an issue at the moment

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maybe put it to 'start', if it's not you?

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},

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// Kept out of the grid itself, whose measured height is the height of its
// tiles
padding-block: var(--grid-gap);
// Keeps the tiles off the rounded corners of the card
padding-inline: var(--grid-gap);

// The card the tiles sit on. It is pulled up out of the bottom of the call
// view and pushed back down when it collapses, so only the corners it leads
// with are rounded
.grid-main-wrapper:not(.overlap) & {

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Bottom area feels weird/abrupt, as above and below stripe it's transparent:

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Maybe there should be a divider, so a cut-off of video tiles from controls looks intended?

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Even rounding up bottom corners feels better to me:

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cc @nimishavijay for opinion

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I also agree, because the bottom bar shares the same color as the call view background so the card looks it coming out of nowhere

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I don't see the issue with not having a background at all. We are losing more pixel space if we add this and visually creating 2 "lines"between the main speaker and the rest of the participants. If we do want to have a background then I'd vote for a the rounded corners

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The reason we are adding the background is that we received frequent feedback that the control buttons are perceived as detached from the stripe when there is not full line of participants. I have added the background specifically for that reason so that is why I am reverting it back.

Maybe there is a better approach?

background-color: #262626;
border-start-start-radius: var(--border-radius-container);
border-start-end-radius: var(--border-radius-container);
}

// A stripe overlapping the promoted video takes no card of its own, which
// would band that video across: its tiles - the self camera, the only one
// left in a one to one call - are lifted off the call by a shadow instead
.overlap & :deep(.localVideoContainer),
.overlap & :deep(.video-container-grid) {
box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);

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Shadow is cropped at bottom, as it's larger than allowed area:
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Sharp eye, I check if it is harmless to add a few pixels down

}
}

.dev-mode-video {
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions src/components/CallView/shared/VideoBackground.vue
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Expand Up @@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ const isDarkTheme = useIsDarkTheme()
top: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
background-color: rgba(var(--overlay-color), 0.3);
background-image: none;
// A solid surface: nothing of the call view behind the tile shows through
// it. The two colours are what the translucent tint they replace used to
// composite to over the background of the call, so a tile keeps the shade
// it had in either theme.
background-color: #363636;

--overlay-color: 0, 0, 0;
&.dark-theme {
--overlay-color: 255, 255, 255;
background-color: #515151;
}
}
</style>