Video Bar

Customizable progress bar for Youtube videos and other web sites

Video Bar - Customizable Progress Bar for YouTube Videos

Video Bar is a Chrome extension that adds a customizable progress bar to YouTube videos and videos on other websites. Keep track of video progress in a non-intrusive way while all the controls are hidden. Customize the progress bar's position, size, colors, timer font, and mouse-over behavior. Turn it on/off for each browser's tab with a left mouse click on the extension's icon.
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Extension stats

By: alikims
Users: 162
-6
Rating: 4.22
(9)
Version: 0.0.7 (Last updated: 2021-09-20)
Creation date: 2021-09-16
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 18.26K

Other platforms

Video Downloader (v2.4.2)
4.28 (75,498) 23,847,294+
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Adds a progress bar to YouTube videos and videos on other web sites.

This helps, in a non-intrusive way, to keep track of the video progress while all the controls are hidden.

The progress bar position, size, colors, timer font and mouse-over behavior can be customized in the options. The page has a live preview of the bar with "Save settings" and "Restore default" buttons.

All settings are kept in the local browser's storage.

Left mouse click on the extension's icon turns it on/off for each browser's tab.

User reviews

Great tool, but it says soon no longer supported in newer chrome :(
by Richard, 2024-11-04

yOU CAN'T CONTROL USELESS
by Raymond Yu, 2024-09-01

Love this. But it would be better if we could also have a toggle feature to jump directly to specific parts of the video, like instantly going to 10%, 50%, or 90%, on video players like Vidalytics, Wistia, etc similar to how you can click on a YouTube video's progress bar to navigate.
by Daniel Murray, 2024-03-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Video Bar requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Video Bar has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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