YouTube Control Fix

Control consistency for arrow and space users.

What is YouTube Control Fix?

"YouTube Control Fix" is a Chrome extension designed to unify the behavior of keyboard inputs such as arrow keys and the spacebar while navigating YouTube. It ensures that regardless of the last interacted element - be it the video player, track bar, volume slider, or buttons on the page - key events are redirected to the video for predictable and uniform control. It aims to streamline the user experience and is compliant with Google's trademark usage policies.

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By: Arthur Cosentino

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.27 (67)

Version: 1.1.5 (Last updated: 2024-11-08)

Creation date: 2021-01-28

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 6.02K

Email: ar*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 19792 ▼ 194

Other rankings

#107 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#3 in control keyword 19

#32 in arrow keyword 3

#40 in trademark keyword 14 ▼ 7

#55 in volume control keyword 49 ▲ 2

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YouTube Control Fix (v1.1.5)

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Extension summary

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The YouTube UI has a different action for the arrow keys depending on if you last selected the video, track bar, volume, or button element with your mouse. This extension redirects key events to the video element for consistent actions.

YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

User reviews

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Pros

Solves the issue of arrow keys changing volume instead of controlling video timeline
Allows for comfortable usage of YouTube
Works for many users as intended

Cons

Does not work for some users
Inverts functionality for certain users or causes additional issues
Inconsistent performance with mute/speaker toggling

Most mentioned

Issue with arrow keys controlling volume instead of timeline
Requests for better control of the spacebar for play/pause
Users expressing frustration with YouTube's native controls

Recent reviews

Romeo Zulu, 2024-11-07

جميل جدا يحل مشكلة التحكم في الفيديو

حـامـد الـجـهـنـي, 2024-11-05

What about up and down scrolling the page insted of changing the volume? I thought the whole point was that when you have a youtube video open, up and down will always change the volume and left and right will always skip forward and back