Better YouTube Theatre Mode

Improves YouTube's theatre mode by making use of all of the available height

Better YouTube Theatre Mode - Enhance your viewing experience

Better YouTube Theatre Mode is a Chrome extension that enhances YouTube's theatre mode by utilizing all available vertical space, resulting in a better viewing experience. It expands theatre mode vertically, providing an immersive and enjoyable viewing experience.
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Extension stats

By: SimenMH
Users: 2,000+
Rating: 4.71
(24)
Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2024-03-16)
Creation date: 2022-05-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Size: 5.91K

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Better YouTube Theatre Mode (v1.0.5)
5.00 (4) 146
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

How it works: -Adds a very simple change that forces theatre mode to expand vertically

Enjoy a better viewing experience.

Source: https://github.com/SimenMH/better-youtube-theatre-mode

User reviews

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Pros
  • Works perfectly in theatre mode and livestreams
  • Easy to install with no setup required
  • Useful for ultrawide monitor users
  • Access to the source code on GitHub
  • Maintains video center alignment and does not interfere with fullscreen mode
Cons
  • Fullscreen mode is broken for some users
  • Issues with functionality after YouTube updates
  • Some reviews indicate it does nothing or doesn't work as expected
Most mentioned
  • Works perfectly
  • Installed it not expecting much, now can't live without it
  • Fullscreen issues
  • Useful small extension
  • Great extension with good support
User reviews
Works great as described. Would it be possible to add an option to hide top search bar as well during theatre mode?
by Shaun Kim, 2024-10-08

Works perfectly, great extension!! This should be applied by default on youtube :)
by Matheus Souza, 2024-10-04

by Wiktor Góralczyk, 2024-09-10
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Better YouTube Theatre Mode requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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