Web Video Keyboard Nav

Navigate Netflix, the ZDF Mediathek and the ARD Mediathek entirely with the keyboard arrow keys, without reaching for the mouse — built for couch/remote-style control where a mouse is awkward.

On www.netflix.com the extension adds:

• Profile selection — ← and → move between profiles; the first profile is focused automatically on load.
• Top nav bar — ↑ from the first content row jumps to the nav bar (Home, Shows, Movies, Games, …); ← and → move across it, Enter opens a section, the search field or the profile switcher, and ↓ returns to the content.
• Home and browse grids — ↑ and ↓ move between rows (keeping your column where possible), ← and → move between titles within a row, wrapping at the edges. Works on the Shows and Movies pages too.
• Search — type in the search box, then press ↓ to drop into the results; the arrow keys follow the on-screen grid layout. ↑ from the top row returns to the search box, and Esc collapses the search box back to its magnifier icon.
• Title details — the action buttons, season picker, episode list and the “More Like This” grid are all reachable with the arrow keys.
• Dropdowns — the profile switcher, genre picker, rating flyout and season picker are arrow-navigable, with Enter to choose.

• Header — ↑ from the content jumps to the header (Startseite, Kategorien, Kinder, Live & TV, Suche, Mein ZDF); ← and → move across it, Enter opens a section and keeps the focus in the header, and ↓ returns to the content.
• Hero — the “Abspielen” button is focused on load; ← and → reach the buttons beside it (“Mehr Informationen”, bookmark, rate, share).
• Content — ← and → move through a row, wrapping at its ends and scrolling side-scrolling lanes along with you; ↑ and ↓ follow the on-screen layout — down the rows of a grid, from lane to lane, and through an episode list.
• Tabs — “Folgen”, “Empfehlungen”, “Extras” and “Details” sit between the hero and the content and are reachable with ← and →.
• Search — type straight away on /suche, then press ↓ to drop into the results; ↑ from the top row returns to the search field, and Esc clears the query.
• Menus — context menus and dialogs (the cookie banner included) are arrow-navigable, with Enter to choose.

• Top bar — ↑ from the content jumps to the bar (Start, Live, Meine ARD, Suche, the slide-out menu); ← and → move across it, Enter opens a section and keeps the focus in the bar, and ↓ returns to the content.
• Hero — on a title page “Abspielen” is focused on load, with “Trailer” and “Merken” beside it. On the start page the hero is a slideshow: ← and → move along the current slide's buttons and, at their ends, turn to the next featured title. Its seven-second autoplay is stopped, so the selection cannot slide out from under you.
• Content — ← and → move through a row, wrapping at its ends and turning the row's own pages along with you; ↑ and ↓ follow the on-screen layout — down the rows of a grid, from row to row, and through the chip bars in between (Rubriken, the season picker, the search filters, the Live channels, the A-Z letters). Rows that have not rendered yet are reached by scrolling on until they appear.
• Search — type straight away on /suche. While ARD offers completions under the field, ↑/↓ move through them and Enter searches for one; Esc puts them away and hands focus to the bar, keeping the query, so ↓ from there reaches the results. With nothing to complete, ↓ drops into the results directly, ↑ from the top row returns to the field, and Esc clears the query.
• Slide-out menu — the menu behind the hamburger is arrow-navigable, with Enter to choose and Esc to close.
• Player — a video page does not start playing by itself (a livestream does — it is already running). It opens with the player selected, framed in white like anything else, and ↓ walks on into the rest of the page. Enter plays it fullscreen; Esc leaves fullscreen, pauses, and puts the selection back on the player. While it is playing the keys are ARD's own player's, which brings its own controls.

• Play — a “Play” button is focused automatically as soon as it appears, so Enter starts playback right away.
• Back and quit — Esc navigates back within the site, or closes the tab when there is nowhere left to go back to.
• Idle mouse — while the mouse is not moving, the cursor is hidden and hover events are suppressed, so keyboard navigation does not pop preview cards open under a parked pointer.
• Visible selection — the selected element is given a clear focus ring and scrolled into view.