Controls for Youtube
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Quickly seek Youtube video playback forwards and backwards by either 3 or 15 seconds.
This tiny and efficient extension helps you easily seek forwards and backwards in Youtube™ videos. If you ever watch long videos and want to seek backwards a little bit so you can see something again, but get frustrated trying to drag that tiny slider just the right amount backwards, this extension is for you! You can either press a couple keys, or click the rewind button to instantly go back!
This extension will add keyboard shortcuts which quickly seek playback forwards or backwards by either 3 or 15 seconds by default, but you can configure this. Additionally, it can also add new buttons to the Youtube™ player controls which you can click to go backwards or forwards.
COOL TIP: You can skip through some advertisements by just fast forwarding! Try using the "Seek forward to end" keyboard control.
Keyboard Controls (windows / linux):
Ctrl + LeftArrow: Seek backwards 3 seconds
Ctrl + RightArrow: Seek forward 3 seconds
Ctrl + SpaceBar: Toggle play / pause
Ctrl + Alt + SpaceBar: Toggle mute / unmute
Ctrl + Shift + LeftArrow: Seek backwards 15 seconds
Ctrl + Shift + RightArrow: Seek forward 15 seconds
Ctrl + Shift + DownArrow: Seek backwards to start
Ctrl + Shift + UpArrow: Seek forward to end (great for skipping advertisements!)
Keyboard Controls (Mac):
Ctrl + Command + LeftArrow: Seek backwards 3 seconds
Ctrl + Command + RightArrow: Seek forward 3 seconds
Ctrl + SpaceBar: Toggle play / pause
Ctrl + Alt + SpaceBar: Toggle mute / unmute
Ctrl + Shift + LeftArrow: Seek backwards 15 seconds
Ctrl + Shift + RightArrow: Seek forward 15 seconds
Ctrl + Shift + DownArrow: Seek backwards to start
Ctrl + Shift + UpArrow: Seek forward to end (great for skipping advertisements!)
For example, it's really easy to hold your ctrl key and then press your left arrow key twice to QUICKLY go back 30 seconds!
You can configure how far forwards and backwards each key takes you via the extension config page. Also, if you don't like the buttons that get added to the Youtube™ player, you can disable them. To see the config page, click the extension icon on the top-right of your browser, then select "options", just like on any other extension.
Note that the keyboard controls work properly even when you're on a non-youtube website which embeds the video into their webpage. You don't need to give the youtube video "focus" by clicking on it to control it, which allows you to freely interact with the parent webpage. This can be handy, for example, if you want to toggle the play/pause of video while you're using the parent webpage. While youtube has their own keyboard control to pause the video (the space bar), it only works if the video currently has "focus". This extensions offers its own pause (Ctrl + SpaceBar) which works without the video needing focus. The same goes for all the hotkeys!
Limitations:
-Keyboard controls don't work when you have your cursor in a text field (such as the Youtube™ search field). Move your cursor or use the buttons.
-This extension doesn't work on 100% of all websites, but should work for most.
-It generally seeks backwards instantly, but not always when seeking forwards. It basically depends on if you've buffered the movie enough.
-The GUI buttons can only be added to the Youtube™ player if there's enough width - small players are a problem here. If you maximize the player, they will show up, or you can always just use the keyboard shortcut controls.
Legal:
Youtube™ is a registered trademark. This extension was developed independently of Youtube™, by someone who is not
related or affiliated with Youtube™, without any help or endorsement from them.
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Changelog
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V1.27 2018-Nov-24 - Document proper hotkeys for Mac users.
V1.26 2018-Nov-10 - Add compatibility with companion extension "Universal Video Player Controls"
V1.25 2018-Nov-02 - More reliably detect page and video changes on youtube.com. Greater strategy change.
V1.24 2018-Nov-02 - More reliably detect page and video changes on youtube.com.
V1.22 2018-Oct-24 - Change Extension name from "Instant replay for Youtube" to "Controls for Youtube".
V1.21 2018-Sep-20 - Bug fix - when viewing a Youtube channel and clicking a video, the extension didn't didn't always work properly on the next page.
V1.19 2018-Sep-20 - Make hotkey commands animate GUI buttons, if present.
V1.17 2018-Sep-16 - Allow config to display individual buttons.
V1.16 2018-Jul-5 - Add ability to fast-forward through some advertisements. Add toggle mute keyboard control.
V1.15 2018-Jun-29 - Fix for controls not spinning correctly.
V1.14 2018-Jun-17 - Fix for controls sometimes not appearing when navigating within youtube.com.
V1.13 2018-May-25 - Efficiency improvements.
V1.12 2018-May-23 - Add more hotkeys, giving the ability to seek to start or end of video, and to play or pause playback (see "Keyboard Controls" above).
V1.11 2018-Jan-20 - Add trademark / legal notice. Renamed from "Youtube Instant Replay" to "Instant Replay for Youtube™"
V1.10 2017-Dec-31 - Minor changes to config page.
V1.9 2017-Dec-31 - Use smaller buttons that are easier to fit into the Youtube™ player, but only when the player is small.
V1.8 2017-Aug-04 - Make buttons spin the opposite direction.
V1.7 2017-May-26 - Fix for buttons not reliably being displayed.
V1.6 2017-Apr-01 - Battery life improvements for users with lots of browser tabs open.
V1.5 2017-Feb-23 - Code cleanup.
V1.4 2017-Feb-18 - Sometimes the GUI buttons wouldn't show up on videos which needed you to click them in order to start playback. Fixed.
V1.3 2017-Jan-21 - Now, the GUI buttons show how far forwards or backwards they will seek. Also, the buttons are no longer added if the Youtube™ player isn't wide enough to fit them.
V1.2 2017-Jan-08 - Added fast-forward GUI buttons to Youtube™ player controls. Also, this extension should now control Youtube™ videos on most websites, not just youtube.com. When multiple Youtube™ players are on the same page, hotkeys will target the Youtube™ player you most recently interacted with (interact means to click it or press a key with the player focused).
V1.1 2017-Jan-02 - Added GUI buttons to Youtube™ player controls. Also added ability to configure how far forwards / backwards you go.
V1.0 - Initial release.
Latest reviews
- Jeff Valcher
- Very useful. Thanks!
- Davorin Pongrac
- its 5 stars but would love to see customizable keyboard shortcuts in future update
- Tiny Shoken
- Such a simple feature that I struggled to find for so long. Finally, THIS is EXACTLY what I was after, easy to use and simple customizable time skip options. Thank you!
- -Krism-
- Doesn't really work well with youtube's ctrl+arrow to skip to the next chapter, making this extension pretty useless now If we could disable the "skip to next chapter" function, it would be great
- Desiree
- I love this extension, don't know how I lived without it! :)
- Classy Cube
- I really dig the buttons on the YouTube player but I’m not a fan of the shortcut hotkeys (Ctrl + ← or →) taking over the normal function of moving between words in a text field. Thankfully, you have the option to disable those shortcut hotkeys, but they should have used different keys.
- Q Public
- I like the app but... When using the new controls provided by this extension, and then sliding the mouse up to the progress bar, a red circle with a 45-degree diagonal line (known as the 'no symbol') appears and blocks access to the progress bar. Anyone else having this issue?
- a good boy
- Goated extension! A must
- COW KING (THE COW KING)
- good app, bug:move mouse to buttons then to progress bar, will make progress bar inaccessible
- Luis G. Lopez
- espectacular. lo que debería tener youtube por defecto. Pero como no lo tiene, esta extensión es la mejor para eso
- KirK Lazarus
- Works on normal videos but not working in youtube live streaming. Earlier it was working on both.
- 비행기대리운전기사
- Exact extension I was looking for!! Theres no way to skip 10 seconds on PC youtube by clicking (like double tab on mobile youtube) Thank you sooooo much!!
- allsam18
- great
- allsam18
- great
- Josué Fernández Santiago (UltraKProductions)
- Incredibly useful and very customizable. YouTube broke it recently but the creator published a fix in less than a day after sending him an e-mail 👌
- Scott Roberts
- I've used this extension for a long time. It's one of my favorite extensions. It's the best of it's type on the ext store. It recently stopped working and the creator fixed it within days! Thanks!
- Tom Pitt
- Stopped working. Will update to 5 starts when it starts working.
- Toby CatVA
- Buttons are no longer displaying properly. :-( Controls are non functional by key press either, even after I uninstalled and reinstalled the extension on Brave browser. When it was working this is probably my most used extension. It has worked flawlessly for a long time.
- Jon Pham
- Its now working now
- prashant uchariya
- stoped working
- Marc Odden
- Help! Stopped working.......Is an update in the works?
- Don
- This suddenly does not work anymore. Please update.
- Mark E
- Excellent! This is the best extension I use on every video. please keep it here.
- Nirmal Gurjar
- Was working great till now, but suddenly stopped working, any alternative?
- D Quinn
- Simple, not overdone and works great...THANKS!!!!
- Riaz Ali
- Wow. First, I wanted an addon for skip forward/back buttons. Then I wanted one that worked with another addon I use religiously called Quickview. Then I wanted square buttons instead of circular. This is the only addon that allowed all these things, plus you can customize the time lengths. Excellent.
- Furkan
- Doesn't work for live stream VODs.
- Furkan
- Doesn't work for live stream VODs.
- Rudra Somani
- Please add an option to remove the seek animation when we press it because the animation is a bit distracting.
- Facundo Kzemin
- Works wonders. Nothing to add 10/10.
- Echoes Of The Dawn
- Literally the best extension, I find myself looking for the skip back button when on other sites now. I would love to see an extension like this made for the Twitch vod player
- Echoes Of The Dawn
- Literally the best extension, I find myself looking for the skip back button when on other sites now. I would love to see an extension like this made for the Twitch vod player
- Brad S
- Simply works. Super Simple. Not overly complex. Should be built into YouTube.
- Brad S
- Simply works. Super Simple. Not overly complex. Should be built into YouTube.
- Lazba
- Thank you!
- Lazba
- Thank you!
- Whyhrro Derp
- Honestly can't use YouTube without this extension
- Whyhrro Derp
- Honestly can't use YouTube without this extension
- Rafeeq Eroth
- Excellent Extension. Very helpful for learning videos etc. Couple of suggestions : Can we have a button to restart the video from the beginning. It would be very useful. And option to select which button is bigger like the buttons in the middle are bigger in size by default even if we assign smaller duration to those buttons.
- Rafeeq Eroth
- Excellent Extension. Very helpful for learning videos etc. Couple of suggestions : Can we have a button to restart the video from the beginning. It would be very useful. And option to select which button is bigger like the buttons in the middle are bigger in size by default even if we assign smaller duration to those buttons.
- Anne Tremblay
- So simple, so useful. Exactly what I was looking for!!!
- Anne Tremblay
- So simple, so useful. Exactly what I was looking for!!!
- Yigit Velioglu
- This is exactly what I want. Thanks.
- Yigit Velioglu
- This is exactly what I want. Thanks.
- Sergi Sanchez
- Very Useful, Thank you. is it possible to add -playback speed reproduction button ?
- Sergi Sanchez
- Very Useful, Thank you. is it possible to add -playback speed reproduction button ?
- Gaelion
- Very stylish and well integrated. Works great. Thanks!
- Gaelion
- Very stylish and well integrated. Works great. Thanks!
- Shaboogle C
- Can also be used to skip ads, or seek and rewind through ads
- Shaboogle C
- Can also be used to skip ads, or seek and rewind through ads