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+ ▲ 1,000

Rating: 4.25 (65)

Version: 1.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-09-20)

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

# 18467 ▲ 3886

Other rankings

#105 in Functionality & UI ▼ 3

#3 in control keyword 20

#28 in arrow keyword 3 ▲ 1

#31 in trademark keyword 14

#37 in youtube keyword 88 ▲ 4

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YouTube Control Fix (v1.1.4)

4.75

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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

Fixes volume control issues with arrow keys
Enhances overall YouTube usability
Many users express gratitude for the fix

Cons

Does not work for some users
Can reverse functionality (makes spacebar stop working)
Issues with volume control persist for some after using extension

Most mentioned

Volume changes with up/down arrows
Left/right arrows for timeline skipping
Gratitude expressed towards the developer

Recent reviews

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