Exempt gifs from active video system (#9824)

2026-02-04 22:37:09 +02:00
parent e6c4a539ca
commit 3abc361800
2 changed files with 23 additions and 9 deletions
@@ -130,13 +130,14 @@ export function Controls({
  const autoplayDisabled = useAutoplayDisabled() || isWithinMessage
  useEffect(() => {
    if (active) {
-      if (onScreen) {
+      // GIFs play immediately, videos wait until onScreen
+      if (onScreen || isGif) {
        if (!autoplayDisabled) play()
      } else {
        pause()
      }
    }
-  }, [onScreen, pause, active, play, autoplayDisabled])
+  }, [onScreen, pause, active, play, autoplayDisabled, isGif])

  // use minimal quality when not focused
  useEffect(() => {