Theater Mode

Simply focus on the video with theater mode addon.
What is Theater Mode?
"Theater Mode" is a Chrome extension that enhances your video-watching experience by darkening the entire webpage, allowing you to enjoy videos without distractions. Activate it easily by clicking the toolbar button after starting the video. It features a whitelist option for permanent exclusions on specific sites. Note that it's designed specifically for video content; normal browsing will result in a darkened page. Report bugs or request features on the extension's homepage.

Extension stats

By: Benni
Users: 2,000+
Rating: 3.82 (11)
Version: 0.1.5 (Last updated: 2024-09-16)
Creation date: 2019-04-17
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
Size: 57.99K

Other platforms

Theater Mode (v0.1.5)
4.27 (30) 305
Theater Mode (v0.1.5)
5.00 (1) 478
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Extension summary

Theater Mode is an extension that helps you focus on the video when watching online content. It simply darkens the whole page except the video element and let you watch the video without any distractions.

Please note that theater mode is not designed for normal browsing. Only enable it if you want to watch a video, otherwise, the whole page will be dark. There is also a whitelist feature in case you want to permanently exclude a website from theater mode.

To work with this addon, simply open a website with video content(s). Start (play) the video and then click on the theater mode button in the toolbar. The whole page will be converted to dark but the video remains visible. If you have a feature request or found a bug to report, please fill the bug report form on the addon homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/theater-mode.html).

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Removes UI elements, enhancing video viewing experience
  • Very useful for watching online course videos
  • Generally works well for most users
  • Helpful for movie streaming
Cons
  • Does not work for some users
  • Inconsistent performance, works for some videos but not others
  • Suggestion for video centering not yet implemented
Most mentioned
  • Wonderful extension
  • Very good and helpful
  • Works well
Recent reviews
Wonderful Extension! these type of extensions are very rare on internet. this should deserve more recognition, you can actually remove almost every kind of UI element on a web player with this extension. kudos to the dev for making this awesome thing
by Vishnu, 2024-01-06

Very useful extension! I like to use it when watching videos for my online courses. Makes it a lot easier to focus on the video and not get distracted by everything else on the page.

It really is a wonderful extension, works well. A suggestion: I would like the video to be centred on the page, it would be really cool.
by Mostafa Hamad, 2023-07-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Theater Mode does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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