Add Parental Control toggle to disable channel link from videos by ozrendev · Pull Request #8502 · FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

ozrendev · 2026-01-09T10:35:31Z

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Description

Adds a toggle under Parental Control that allows the user to disable the channel link from video thumbnails.

Testing

Go to Settings -> Parental Control -> Enabled "Disable Channel Link on Videos"
View any video thumbnail and see that channel link can't be clicked and no longer appears as a link

Additional context

The original issue called for also hiding the "Channels" button in the side bar, but I feel like this should be a separate PR since I think it makes the most sense to be another toggle under "Distraction Free -> Side Bar"
I'm not 100% sure on this, so wanted to add this here for feedback?

github-actions · 2026-01-21T00:35:16Z

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efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc · 2026-01-24T12:30:55Z

The original issue called for also hiding the "Channels" button in the side bar, but I feel like this should be a separate PR since I think it makes the most sense to be another toggle under "Distraction Free -> Side Bar"
I'm not 100% sure on this, so wanted to add this here for feedback?

indeed best to kept separate and add it to the Side bar

github-actions · 2026-02-08T02:13:45Z

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PikachuEXE · 2026-02-10T01:00:49Z

  defaultViewingMode: 'default',
  defaultVideoFormat: 'dash',
  disableSmoothScrolling: false,
+  disableChannelLink: false,


I think this name is quite ambiguous coz I can clearly see channel links in watch page...
Need something more specific

How about something like disableChannelLinkOnVideoThumbnail?

PikachuEXE · 2026-02-10T01:01:22Z

    Hide Uploader on Watch page: Hide Uploader on Watch page
    Show Family Friendly Only: Show Family Friendly Only
    Hide Search Bar: Hide Search Bar
+    Disable Channel Link on Videos : Disable Channel Link on Vidoes


This is not copy and paste!? (key > value)
Also got the same issue on where does this apply (basically the same as above)

Suggested change

Disable Channel Link on Videos : Disable Channel Link on Vidoes

Disable Channel Link on Videos : Disable Channel Link on Videos

Oops, my bad! Same as above too, Disable Channel Link on Video Thumbnails?

efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc · 2026-02-11T10:28:41Z

So im not really sure if this even needs to be implemented. Isnt it possible to limit this kind of access with our existing settings?

Just and FYI for the team below is the usecase listed in the issue

I want to limit my child's access to the back catalogue of the channels I am subscribed to. You can limit the number of videos in the subscription list but clicking on the channel name or going to the channels tab allows you unrestricted access to all of the videos

ozrendev · 2026-02-12T00:18:03Z

So im not really sure if this even needs to be implemented. Isnt it possible to limit this kind of access with our existing settings?

Just and FYI for the team below is the usecase listed in the issue

I want to limit my child's access to the back catalogue of the channels I am subscribed to. You can limit the number of videos in the subscription list but clicking on the channel name or going to the channels tab allows you unrestricted access to all of the videos

How would you limit it with existing settings? I had a look but couldn't find a way to do it so I'm curious to test it out.

I think overall the toggle can be useful, ie for kids controls, extra control for stopping binge watching a whole channel's content? But having an option to also hide the channel in the sidebar would be necessary I think, am happy to open another PR for that.

PikachuEXE · 2026-02-12T20:55:35Z

I think Hide Uploader on Watch page is the closes we have for toggling that
But it hides not just disable the link on watch page (and also it said watch page only...)
But I can't think of a better option to group these 2 together (or even should they be grouped

Is there another option this "link hiding" can fall under? Or do we need the new option to be used for more behaviour (which might be implemented yet? Discuss~

ozrendev · 2026-02-16T11:08:49Z

I think Hide Uploader on Watch page is the closes we have for toggling that But it hides not just disable the link on watch page (and also it said watch page only...) But I can't think of a better option to group these 2 together (or even should they be grouped

Is there another option this "link hiding" can fall under? Or do we need the new option to be used for more behaviour (which might be implemented yet? Discuss~

Can you please clarify which page you are describing when you say Watch Page? This PR should be active when you search and see a list of videos, or when viewing a video and seeing the "recommended" videos in the side bar. I am happy with whichever wording, either Hide or Disable is fine - I would say "disable" because you can still see the channel name but not click the link, but either is fine in my opinion.

I think the option for toggling hide/show link here should stay in Parental Controls, since it's a restrictive option that limits function, like most other toggles in that category. The option for hiding the "Channel" button in the Side Bar would make more sense to me to be grouped with Distraction Free -> Side Bar (with the rest of the side bar button toggles)

PikachuEXE · 2026-02-16T22:31:38Z

Hide Uploader on Watch page is an existing option, not a suggestion for naming this new option, just to be clear

Watch Page should mean watch video page (coz what else can be watched)

If this new option applies to all "video boxes" then I dunno what to name it yet.
Disable Channel Link on Videos sounds fine but I am not sure if the link in the watch page should be disabled too or not (are there other places with channel links tied to video(s)? dunno)

ozrendev · 2026-02-16T23:55:02Z

Ah okay, thanks for making it clear!

Yeah I see what you mean. The component name is ft-list-video, but I'd call those thumbnails so maybe something like Disable Channel Link on Video Thumbnails or Disable Link on Thumbnails to keep it short?

PikachuEXE · 2026-02-17T01:17:01Z

Actually I think this option can (not sure should) be used to disable channel link in watch page

(bottom left

From #8375

I want to limit my child's access to the back catalogue of the channels I am subscribed to. You can limit the number of videos in the subscription list but clicking on the channel name or going to the channels tab allows you unrestricted access to all of the videos

I know we can hide channel name on watch page, but maybe disabling the link and still showing the channel link with this option is good too?

I know we have #7514 but disable might be a better implementation

ozrendev · 2026-02-17T10:20:14Z

I know we can hide channel name on watch page, but maybe disabling the link and still showing the channel link with this option is good too?

I know we have #7514 but disable might be a better implementation

Yeah, I feel like since there is already an option under Parental Controls, the user could just toggle both in order to achieve this. I like the granular approach to locking down little bits at a time, so you can very finely tune the level of control.

But disabling the channel link also makes sense, especially for this option and it's more clear that ALL channel links will be disabled by the toggle. My preference would go to the first option using both toggles, but I think both are good approaches.

What do some of the other reviewers think about these approaches?

Co-authored-by: PikachuEXE <git@pikachuexe.net>

efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc · 2026-03-11T13:29:32Z

Sorry for the late response. Reading everything back and maybe we should combine this feature with the hide watch page one? Meaning that the watch page one will be visible but can't be clicked and no longer appears as link?

PikachuEXE · 2026-03-11T22:23:04Z

Agreed and the old setting should be migrated (if too difficult I can do the setting migration in a separate PR
Though in this PR the channel link on watch page should be disabled
Also the translation typo not fixed yet~

ozrendev · 2026-03-29T08:33:08Z

As I was making the above changes, the manually copying/pasting depending on enableChannelLinks seemed a bit tedious and prone to error/future edits. I went looking for a solution and found this workaround for <router-view>

I just made commit c46623f so that it's easier to show the difference in context. What does everyone think? Keep it or revert back to previous method?

PikachuEXE

It works but I have no idea if others are fine with this style of conditional component

efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc

LGTM, but i would like @absidue to check it out first

absidue · 2026-04-11T16:43:34Z

+  Download Settings:
+    Download Settings: Download
+    Ask Download Path: Ask for download path
+    Choose Path: Choose Path
+    Download Behavior: Download Behavior
+    Download in app: Download in app
+    Open in web browser: Open in web browser


Even if this came from a merge, the fact that it is still here means the merge wasn't clean and as those download strings no longer exist on the development branch, merging this pull request as is would add those strings back.

absidue · 2026-04-11T16:44:08Z

              {{ channelName }}
            </RouterLink>
+            <div
+              v-if="!enableChannelLinks"


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v-if="!enableChannelLinks"

v-else

absidue · 2026-04-11T16:47:05Z

+        <img
+          class="channelThumbnail"


The channel thumbnail wasn't here before, because when YouTube doesn't return a channel link here it also doesn't return a thumbnail, so you need to wrap the channel thumbnail in a if statement.

Suggested change

<img

class="channelThumbnail"

<img

v-if="channelThumbnail"

class="channelThumbnail"

absidue · 2026-04-11T16:47:56Z

          </h3>
        </router-link>
+        <div
+          v-if="!enableChannelLinks"


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v-if="!enableChannelLinks"

v-else

absidue · 2026-04-11T16:48:27Z

        >
      </router-link>
+      <div
+        v-if="!enableChannelLinks"


Suggested change

v-if="!enableChannelLinks"

v-else

absidue · 2026-04-11T16:50:02Z

          <router-link
-            v-if="handle !== null"
+            v-if="handle !== null && enableChannelLinks"
            class="handle"
            dir="auto"
            :to="`/channel/${id}`"
          >
            {{ handle }}
          </router-link>
+          <bdi
+            v-if="handle !== null && !enableChannelLinks"
+            class="handle"
+          >
+            {{ handle }}
+          </bdi>


It would probably be better to wrap both of these tags in a <template> tag with a v-if that checks the handle variable, then inside of it just use a v-if and v-else for the enableChannelTags variable.

efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc · 2026-04-22T10:22:19Z

@ozrendev anything else left todo?

ozrendev · 2026-04-22T10:37:50Z

@ozrendev anything else left todo?

Yeah, that should be it. I tested it all again and don't think I missed anything

efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc · 2026-04-22T11:08:15Z

Somehow the playlist controls moved

ozrendev · 2026-04-24T10:11:45Z

That should be fixed now! Thanks for always testing it so thoroughly, didn't expect that one

efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc · 2026-05-01T18:10:21Z

only thing i can find is this. It makes me think i can click on this but i clearly cant

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PikachuEXE · 2026-05-16T07:08:59Z

Can you fix? should be just style @ozrendev

add toggle for disable channel link

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