Is it possible to add these flags back?

Author: red0524zyCreated Aug 4, 2026Updated Aug 4, 2026
Labelsenhancementhelp wanted

Description

Add the flag "Reading Mode" back, and if possible , add "Media Router" and "Global Media Router" back too.

Who's implementing?

  • I'm willing to implement this feature myself

The problem

As suggested in https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium-windows/issues/615, I decided to post the FR here.

  1. The flag "Reading Mode" used to be an original chromium flag but was removed in later versions as shown below (test version: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/releases/tag/118.0.5993.117-1):
Image
  1. "Media Router" and "Global Media Controls" used to be original chromium flags too, but now they could still be disabled by adding " -disable-features=GlobalMediaControls,MediaSessionService,MediaRouter" in the shortcut (#3822). However, this method might be disabled in the future, so turning them to be flags would be a better choice.

I would appreciate it if you were willing to consider restoring these flags.

Possible solutions

I'm not sure how many lines of code would be needed to restore these flags, but if possible, disabling them would make the right click context menu cleaner and simpler.

Alternatives

No response

Additional context

No response

Source: ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium