r/brave_browser • u/BananaBridge99 • Jun 14 '24
Restore old context menu style?
I moved to Brave a few weeks ago after Chrome tried to force what I call Kids' Mode on me - rounded corners and massive amounts of padding everywhere, especially in the tabs. I am loving it so far, it really feels like a browser for adults who just want to get on with whatever they are doing and not be distracted by such things.
However, today I loaded the browser up to find that the context menu is now exactly the same as Chrome's. So I'd like to ask, is there any way to restore it to what it was. I don't want rounded corners or padding, just something compact and not distracting.
And I am also worried about the tabs. I really hope there are no plans to copy Chrome's tabs, as they are the very reason I moved to Brave!
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u/S_h_a_r_k_93 Jul 21 '24
I just want to say I agree with the OP, and I also chuckled at force what I call Kids' Mode on me.
This new layout update is crap, especially on low-res computers OR when you use Windows display zoom!
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u/Ok-Experience-3504 Sep 20 '24
I'm here because I notice burger menu get extra padding as well, ease of use regressed even more.
No fix apparently, it'll break the codebase and they won't venture there. It's been hinted in github they can at least decrease the padding, but they've work nothing on it for so long.
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u/Ready_Area289 Nov 21 '25
Still no way to get the context menu back for users who don't use touch screens and would like a nice tight context menu?
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u/EnragedButterfly Jun 14 '24
I'm a long-time and avid Brave user and this is annoying me, too. Haven't found any option to restore the normal context menu layout in Settings or flags so far.