YouTube Windowed FullScreen

Watch videos on YouTube fullscreen within your browsers screen.

What is YouTube Windowed FullScreen?

YouTube Windowed FullScreen is a simple and lightweight Chrome extension that adds an icon to the YouTube video player, allowing it to fill the entire browser page as a full browser player. This is especially useful for dual monitor users who want to continue working on other tasks with a large video playing. The extension also includes an options page with new customization settings.

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By: navi.jador

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Users: 50,000+

Rating: 4.47 (320) ▲ 2 new ratings

Version: 4.1 (Last updated: 2024-07-18)

Creation date: 2019-05-01

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

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Size: 31.48K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 3428 ▲ 31

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#249 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 1

#49 in youtube keyword 80 ▼ 8

#60 in full page keyword 63

#110 in options keyword 17 ▲ 5

#115 in chrome keyword 97 ▼ 3

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YouTube Windowed FullScreen (v4.2)

4.86 (43) 3,412+

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Updated for newest layout, please let me know if it doesn't work still *

A simple and lightweight extension that adds an icon which allows the YouTube video player to fill the entire page, as a full browser player. This is especially useful for dual monitor users that may wish to continue working on other tasks with a large video playing.

NOTE: PLEASE RESTART CHROME OR REFRESH YOUTUBE IF IT DOESNT WORK AFTER INSTALLING.

In other words make your youtube fullscreen in your window! FYI the shortcut key to toggle this without clicking is "`" on your keyboard!

There is now a OPTIONS page with 3 new options. To go there, either click the icon in your browser, or head to chrome://extensions and click on Details for Youtube Windowed FullScreen and click the "Extension Options". Please note some Shortcut Keys may not work correctly as YouTube, or your system may block them. Most keys should work if they are not reserved.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Works perfectly
Does exactly what I needed
Easy to use
Appreciated by users

Cons

Doesn't work with new YouTube layout
Issues with scrolling in full screen mode
Bugs with theater mode and miniplayer
Button disappearance in certain scenarios

Most mentioned

Doesn't work with new YouTube layout
Bugs with scrolling in full screen mode
Fantastic extension

Recent reviews

I have used this extension for a while now and have not had any issues. However, after the recent updates for YouTube's layout changes the extension now appears to not fully handle very small windows. I use an ultrawide monitor and often have my YouTube window small in the corner and this extension has allowed this to work flawlessly. However, it appears there is now a minimum size that the extension supports that was not previously there and the video and controls now flow off the screen with no scroll available. I recognize that this is a niche use case - but it is disappointing after I have used the extension for a long time without this issue.

Trevor Burch, 2024-07-23

Nicholas Kandratsenka, 2024-07-21

I'm using this extension on the Brave browser and it's been working perfectly until recently. Now when toggling to full screen, it doesn't actually expand to fit the window and will basically expand to theater mode, but will not allow you to scroll. I used to use this extension so I could have Youtube on a quarter of my screen, which worked perfectly until recently. Now this extension doesn't seem to work at all. I'll update this review if this get's patched.