A Chrome extension that add video controls for YouTube Shorts.
Add a control bar below videos from YouTube Shorts.
Keyboard shortcuts:
- Left/Right arrow keys to rewind/fast-forward the video by 5 seconds.
- Shift/Cmd + Up/Down arrow keys to increase/decrease the volume.
- "M" to mute/unmute the video.
- Spacebar to pause/resume the video.
- Always show controls: don't need to hover the video for the controls to appear.
- Hide title and channel: hide video info when not hovering the video.
- Control volume with Arrow Up/Down: allow you to control the volume with arrow keys without holding shift/cmd, it is optional, as many users use it to scroll between shorts.
- Disable infinite loop: disable video replay when it ends, instead it will just stop.
- Go to the Web Store page.
- Click on Add to Chrome.
- Then Add extension.
- Enjoy!
- Go to the releases page and download the zip file of a version that you prefer.
- Export the downloaded zip file to a preferred folder.
- Then go to your extensions page by typing
chrome://extensionsin the address bar and press Enter. - Enable the toggle Developer mode, typically found in the top-right corner.
- Click on Load unpacked button and choose the folder where you extracted the previously downloaded zip file.
- Done!
Contributions are welcome! Please read the Contributing Guide to learn how to set up the project locally and submit your changes.
Copyright (c) 2025 Edoan.
This project is released under the MIT license.