Added
Mini Fullscreen Video Scaling Sub-Option: Added a Fill Screen (Cover Window) sub-toggle under Mini Fullscreen Button allowing users to switch between standard aspect-ratio fitting and full-window zoom without black bars.
Fixed
Cinema Mode Mini Fullscreen Letterboxing (Issue #10): Fixed a bug where activating Mini Fullscreen while YouTube is in Cinema (Theater) Mode caused the player to remain constrained in the theater container with black side pillars. The player now smoothly expands to 100% viewport width and height across all viewing modes.
Cinema Mode Shortcut & Toggle Sync: Added seamless exit handling when toggling Cinema Mode ('T' shortcut or player button) or entering native full screen while Mini Fullscreen is active.
Changed
Sticky Player & Dual Scrolling Clarification: Renamed Sticky Video Player to Sticky Player & Dual Scrolling with description "Pin video at the top and scroll comments & sidebar independently" to highlight split-pane independent scrolling.
Default Category Bar Setting: Configured Hide Category Bar to be OFF by default for new installs.

Added
Granular Shorts Hiding Controls: Introduced 4 sub-options under Hide Shorts & Playables allowing users to selectively hide Shorts in the Sidebar Menu, Home & Subscriptions Feeds, YouTuber Channel Pages, and Watch Page Recommendations.
Granular Category Bar Controls: Introduced 3 sub-options under Hide Category Bar allowing users to selectively hide topic/filter pills on Home & Feeds, Channel Video Sorting Pills (Latest, Popular, Oldest), and Watch Page Sidebar Filters.
Modern Option B Card Layout: Restructured the extension popup into clean, translucent dark glassmorphism cards with rounded corners (12px), elegant divider lines, and subtle hover glow effects.
Enhanced Popup Dimensions & Readability: Expanded popup height to 560px for reduced scrolling, widened cards (12px side margins), and boosted disabled text contrast (0.65 opacity, 11px description font) for crystal-clear readability.
Fixed
Channel Page Shorts Tab Removal: Fixed an issue where YouTuber channel Shorts tabs and channel Shorts grids (youtube.com/@username/shorts) were not hidden when Shorts blocking was enabled.
Independent Sub-Toggle Uncoupling: Fixed a CSS selector collision where master classes prevented individual sub-toggles (like Hide Shorts on Channel Pages) from turning OFF independently.
Watch Page Recommended Videos Gap Collapse: Fixed empty vertical height gaps when recommendation filter pills are hidden on video watch pages by collapsing container margins and shifting recommended video cards flush to the top.

• Hide Category Bar Toggle: Added a user setting in the Feeds tab (Hide Category Bar) to remove topic filter pills ("All", "Music", "Mixes", "AI", etc.) across YouTube feed pages with zero empty gaps and 100% full thumbnail visibility.
• Popup Auto-Wake: Added an interactive click handler to automatically flip the Master Extension switch back ON if options or tabs are clicked while the extension is disabled.

• Cinema Mode Scroll Unlock: Fixed an issue where enabling Sticky Video Player locked page scrolling in Cinema (Theater) Mode (ytd-watch-flexy[theater]), allowing users to scroll down past the theater player to view comments and related videos seamlessly.

What's new in v1.0.6:
• Upgraded Custom Grid Layout for faster, smooth video row customization.
• Fixed grid reset behavior when turning Custom Grid Layout off.
• Fixed Shorts shelf rows to ensure uniform slim vertical cards.
• General performance optimizations and layout fixes.

Version 1.0.3 Release Notes:

• Fixed Light Theme Comments Docking: Updated docked comments container, borders, scrollbars, and toggle button colors to dynamically adapt to both Light and Dark YouTube themes.
• Fixed Live Stream Collapsed Chat & Empty Black Box: Resolved an issue on live streams where closing live chat left an empty dark container in the right sidebar.

• Uninstall Feedback Survey: Integrated a Google Form uninstall link that automatically opens in the browser when a user uninstalls or removes the extension to collect user feedback.

• Live Stream Collapsed Chat & Empty Black Box: Fixed an issue on live streams where closing the live chat frame would leave a large, empty black box in the sidebar. Also prevented automatic comment docking from moving an empty comments container to the sidebar after closing live chat.