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.

Extension stats

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

Other platforms

YouTube Control Fix (v1.1.4)
4.75 (16) 556
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Extension summary

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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
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
by Joe Moran, 2024-10-03

thank you so much
by Kutchie Pelaez, 2024-09-30

godsend
by Oleksiy Yurkovych, 2024-09-12
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Extension safety

Risk impact

YouTube Control Fix requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

YouTube Control Fix has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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