Youtube restore spacebar to scroll

A simple extension to restore the default browser behavior of scrolling when pressing the spacebar, on youtube.com

Restore Spacebar to Scroll on YouTube

Youtube restore spacebar to scroll is a Chrome extension that removes the functionality of pausing videos when pressing the spacebar on YouTube and restores the default scrolling behavior.
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Extension stats

By: bsitdk
Users: 361
-7
Rating: 5.00
(12)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2019-04-12)
Creation date: 2019-04-12
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 3.29K

Other platforms

YouTube (vVARY)
4.02 (158,886,562) 17,825,387,260+
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Extension summary

Youtube recently changed the default browser behavior of scrolling the page, when pressing the spacebar, to instead pause the video. This extension removes the "Spacebar to pause" functionality and restores the scrolling.

User reviews

Thanks for this, I would have made it if you hadn't. Macbooks don't have a page down button, so now I can use K to play and pause and space again to scroll
by Alana Balagot, 2023-11-08

works like a charm. thank you sir
by Marcin Majewski, 2022-10-11

Thanks for making this. I hate it when developers remove standard user interface patterns, it's so obnoxious.
by Peter Biggs, 2021-12-30
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Youtube restore spacebar to scroll requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Youtube restore spacebar to scroll has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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