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HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts

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Status
  • Extension status: Featured
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Description from extension meta

Add keyboard support to Chrome's native HTML5 video player.

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HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts
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Tired of Chrome's primitive built-in HTML5 video player?

This extension adds an extensive list of keyboard controls to improve your viewing experience. The shortcuts are only active on videos with the default controls enabled, so don't worry about them messing up YouTube or other custom video players. To enable controls (and keyboard shortcuts) on videos that don't have them, just right-click the video in question and select "Show controls".

Note that this extension is only meant to affect Chrome's native HTML5 video player!

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FULL LIST OF SHORTCUTS:

-Click:
Select video, Play/Pause selected video
-Double-Click / F:
Toggle fullscreen
-Space / K:
Play/Pause
-Left Arrow / J:
Skip back 5 seconds
-with Shift: 10 seconds
-with Control: 1 second
-Right Arrow / L:
Skip forward 5 seconds
-with Shift: 10 seconds
-with Control: 1 second
-Comma (,):
Skip back 1/60th of a second
-Period (.):
Skip forward 1/60th of a second
-Home / 0:
Skip to beginning
-End:
Skip to end
-Numbers 1 - 9:
Skip to X% (10%, 20%, 30%, ... 90%)
-Up Arrow:
Increase volume
-Down Arrow:
Decrease volume
-M:
Toggle mute
-C:
Toggle captions
-R:
Reload video file
-Less Than (<):
Slow down video playback
-Greater Than (>):
Speed up video playback
-Question Mark (?):
Return to default playback speed

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This extension is open source!
https://github.com/AjaxGb/Better-Chrome-Native-Video

Changelog:
-v4.1.5 - Fix native controls stealing keyboard events
-v4.1.4
-Fix numpad numbers not working (thanks sauravc)
-Update extension to Manifest V3
-v4.1.3 - Fix options page not working with HTML5.1
-v4.1.2 - Improve direct videos' compatibility with other extensions
-v4.1.1 - Fixed unwanted wrapping on options page
-v4.1
-Default values for options displayed in hover text
-Added arrow key skip amounts to options
-Added ability to enable shortcuts on videos that do not use the default controls
-Disabled by default; see options page
-v4.0.4 - Fixed clicks not working on standalone videos
-v4.0.3 - Fixed multiline options being squashed
-v4.0.2 - Improved visibility of disabled options
-v4.0.1 - Fixed delay not working on standalone videos
-v4.0
-Added an options menu!
-Added a slight (optional) delay to clicks
-Prevents double-click briefly play/pausing the video
-v3.4 - Added Double-Click to toggle fullscreen
-v3.3.1 - Made performance improvements more stable
-v3.3
-Added "C" to toggle captions
-Major performance improvements
-v3.2
-Fixed error when disabling shortcuts on a video
-Added auto-focus when shortcuts are re-enabled
-v3.1
-Fixed keyboard shortcuts activating unintentionally
-For example, Ctrl-F used to fullscreen the active video
-Holding Ctrl while skipping left/right changes skip length to 1 second
-v3.0 - Added right-click option to disable shortcuts on individual videos
-v2.0
-Major behind-the-scenes refactoring
-Better prevention of default key events
-v1.5 - Fixed some dynamically added videos being ignored
-v1.4 - Added "R" to reload video
-v1.3
-Bug report "Works as Intended", v1.2 reverted
-Videos get focus when fullscreened
-Minor bugfixes
-v1.2
-Added forward compatibility for when this bug is fixed: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=592245
-v1.1 - Moved to GitHub
-v1.0 - Initial release

Latest reviews

عبد الحق
finally thanks
o10omar
i hated that the default media player for browser skips over 10 seconds or more depending on the video length, but this extension is exactly what i needed, when i try to skip forward always 5 seconds, thanks
James leon
How can I customize or disable the shortcuts?
Shai Shem Tov
Very good, sometimes not working.. If my keyboard is not in English this is also do not work. Thanks, I searched something like this for very long time.
Julius Ceaser
Bro its amazing you are a life safer .
Scott Pierobon
As another reviewer said, it "just behaves like VLC player", but that's not quite right... Bluetooth audio devices add lag, so for audio-video synchronization it would be great to see VLC's audio delay J (-50ms) and K (+50ms) hotkey features implemented here too. Overall a fantastic little extension :)
Ishak MP
For those looking for a solution: At first it didn't work for me. I enabled 'Allow Access to Urls' Option and restarted chrome. Yeh! It worked for me. Give your try.. 👍
Ishak MP
For those looking for a solution: At first it didn't work for me. I enabled 'Allow Access to Urls' Option and restarted chrome. Yeh! It worked for me. Give your try.. 👍
md shovon
Just mind-blowing, Any web player just behaves like vlc player
md shovon
Just mind-blowing, Any web player just behaves like vlc player
santanu das
playback speed control does not work
santanu das
playback speed control does not work
Walker Chow
Doesn't work anymore. :( It was good.
Walker
Doesn't work anymore. :( It was good.
Ohad
Doesn't work with Zoom cloud recordings (html5).
Ohad
Doesn't work with Zoom cloud recordings (html5).
John Doc (Unkonwn)
Really a great extension. I was looking for something like this for long. Great job Mate. Thanks :)
John Doc (Unkonwn)
Really a great extension. I was looking for something like this for long. Great job Mate. Thanks :)
Tuấn Kiệt Nguyễn
GOOOD. App hay
Сергей Семёнов
Thank you so much. Great app
Сергей Семёнов
Thank you so much. Great app
Edward Northwind
Don't work on youtube.
Edward Northwind
Don't work on youtube.
Rnksts
Does what it says, really helpful. Thanks!
Minho Cho
편하긴한데 이 앱 쓰면서부터 비디오 반응속도가 느려졌네요. 그게 확연히 보여요.
Justice Seeker
No longer maintained. Doesn't work with most sites since it disables itself. Some sites can be re-enabled by right-clicking and selecting 'enable controls' however about half of the time it STILL DOESN'T WORK. No updates since 2017 means these issues will never be fixed. Suspicious reviews in history that appear identical to reviews of other speed control extensions. Author should step up or remove extension completely.
Justice Seeker
No longer maintained. Doesn't work with most sites since it disables itself. Some sites can be re-enabled by right-clicking and selecting 'enable controls' however about half of the time it STILL DOESN'T WORK. No updates since 2017 means these issues will never be fixed. Suspicious reviews in history that appear identical to reviews of other speed control extensions. Author should step up or remove extension completely.
Nguyen Pham
ok
Nguyen Pham
ok
ThisDaveAndThatJohn
Estensione che salva i nervi!! In tutti i player normali ho abitudine di saltare 5 sec. in avanti o indietro usando le frecce, invece, il player standart non ha questa funzione. Questa estensione lo risolve. Consiglio un sacco!!!
J K
does not work? -Less Than (<): Slow down video playback -Greater Than (>): Speed up video playback -Question Mark (?): Return to default playback speed
J K
does not work? -Less Than (<): Slow down video playback -Greater Than (>): Speed up video playback -Question Mark (?): Return to default playback speed
Michael Toub
Works with facebook videos - exactly what I wanted !! Thanks!
Michael Toub
Works with facebook videos - exactly what I wanted !! Thanks!
PingPong tt
good job!
PingPong tt
good job!
Samet Can Cıncık
Good Job!
Samet Can Cıncık
Good Job!
S Ali
It works fine when i watch html5 video on some site. So this is a great add-on BUT when i play video with a direct URL like http://examples.com/file.mp4 then it doesn't work at all. Any solution for this please?
S Ali
It works fine when i watch html5 video on some site. So this is a great add-on BUT when i play video with a direct URL like http://examples.com/file.mp4 then it doesn't work at all. Any solution for this please?
J !
This is a gem.
J !
This is a gem.
Eugene Fitzherbert
Really good extension. The default player is garbage.
Eugene Fitzherbert
Really good extension. The default player is garbage.
XandBacon
Amazing job. Works exactly as intended!
XandBacon
Amazing job. Works exactly as intended!
Adarsh V
Thank you! It uses all Youtube shortcuts. Really helpful & a huge time saver especially for laptops.
Adarsh V
Thank you! It uses all Youtube shortcuts. Really helpful & a huge time saver especially for laptops.
Mustang
Does its job good.
Mustang
Does its job good.