YouTube - Pause with Space Properly

Allows you to pause/play YouTube videos with the spacebar, even if the player doesn't have focus and without the annoying scrolling.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-06-30

By: James Forsyth

Users: 151

Rating: 3.80 (10)

Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2017-12-13)

Creation date: 2017-12-13

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 20.31K

Email: fo*****@gmail.com

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Fixes the common issue with pressing space to pause YouTube videos. This extension refocuses the video when pressing space (unless you're trying to type), preventing the default behaviour that shoots halfway down the webpage.

Simple fix for a simple problem. Don't know why YouTube won't fix things themselves.

User reviews

This was the 4th extension I tried after YouTube's recent UI fubar, and the only one so far that correctly ignores when you're typing in the comment/search field. You can stop searching, this is the droid you're after ;)

Conrad Roberts (glittalogik), 2023-05-09

Fixes the recent change (May 2023) @ Youtube where spacebar now scrolls the page instead of play/pause. I can't imagine why anyone thought that was a good design idea but thankfully this extension fixes it. I can scroll comments, interact on any part of the page and space bar will do what it does best: Play & Pause. Thank you!