Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls

Hide the YouTube™ fullscreen controls with the press of a hotkey or when you move the cursor to the display border.

What is Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls?

"Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls" is a Chrome extension designed to improve your YouTube™ viewing experience by providing greater control over the visibility of video controls. Using this extension, users can easily hide video controls when moving the cursor, toggle these controls using a hotkey, and hide specific video overlays and play/pause animations. However, this extension does not work with embedded YouTube™ players. Its configurations can be personalized according to the user's preference.

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By: superananas2

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Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.95 (38)

Version: 3.1.4 (Last updated: 2022-11-25)

Creation date: 2020-10-12

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

*://www.youtube.com/*

Size: 20.89K

Email: su*****@yahoo.de

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Extension summary

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Does YouTube™ leave the video controls visible for longer than you like? Do you want to have a hotkey that toggles the controls?

This add-on let's you:

Hide the video controls when you move the cursor to any border
Hide the video controls and only show them when you want.
Toggle the controls when you press a hotkey
Hide some video overlays
Hide the play/pause animation

In the add-on settings you can configure the individual sides as well as the hotkey.

If you experience any issues, please let me know at https://github.com/nralbrecht/youtube-hide-controls/issues

Note: The add-on currently does not work with embedded YouTube™ players.

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