# Web Video Keyboard Nav

> Navigating video sites (Netflix, ZDF Mediathek, ARD Mediathek) with keyboard arrow keys.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-video-keyboard-nav](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-video-keyboard-nav)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web-video-keyboard-nav`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fabian Köster
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 3.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-30
- **First published:** 2026-01-12
- **Size:** 97 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web-video-keyboard-nav/)

## Description

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 <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/2dca529e7dd4128abc9cfd0966ddb8c7122ebf07358e032e34ae974ce0d45e6d/http%3A//www.netflix.com" rel="nofollow">www.netflix.com</a> the extension adds:
<ul><li><strong>Profile selection</strong> — ← and → move between profiles; the first profile is focused automatically on load.</li><li><strong>Top nav bar</strong> — ↑ 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.</li><li><strong>Home and browse grids</strong> — ↑ 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.</li><li><strong>Search</strong> — 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.</li><li><strong>Title details</strong> — the action buttons, season picker, episode list and the “More Like This” grid are all reachable with the arrow keys.</li><li><strong>Dropdowns</strong> — the profile switcher, genre picker, rating flyout and season picker are arrow-navigable, with Enter to choose.</li></ul>
On <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/97035b41e2de808d12513b5fc41910aeed4ea51c5521a991368a5cb032d34f87/http%3A//www.zdf.de" rel="nofollow">www.zdf.de</a> the extension adds:
<ul><li><strong>Header</strong> — ↑ from the content jumps to the header (Startseite, Kategorien, Kinder, Live &amp; TV, Suche, Mein ZDF); ← and → move across it, Enter opens a section and keeps the focus in the header, and ↓ returns to the content.</li><li><strong>Hero</strong> — the “Abspielen” button is focused on load; ← and → reach the buttons beside it (“Mehr Informationen”, bookmark, rate, share).</li><li><strong>Content</strong> — ← 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.</li><li><strong>Tabs</strong> — “Folgen”, “Empfehlungen”, “Extras” and “Details” sit between the hero and the content and are reachable with ← and →.</li><li><strong>Search</strong> — 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.</li><li><strong>Menus</strong> — context menus and dialogs (the cookie banner included) are arrow-navigable, with Enter to choose.</li></ul>
On <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/e8ffaa3b48bb91cefbf6696f12d2d7a00c86f0deff9ae814312a8589f6a31109/http%3A//www.ardmediathek.de" rel="nofollow">www.ardmediathek.de</a> the extension adds:
<ul><li><strong>Top bar</strong> — ↑ 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.</li><li><strong>Hero</strong> — 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.</li><li><strong>Content</strong> — ← 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.</li><li><strong>Search</strong> — 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.</li><li><strong>Slide-out menu</strong> — the menu behind the hamburger is arrow-navigable, with Enter to choose and Esc to close.</li><li><strong>Player</strong> — 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.</li></ul>
On all of them:
<ul><li><strong>Play</strong> — a “Play” button is focused automatically as soon as it appears, so Enter starts playback right away.</li><li><strong>Back and quit</strong> — Esc navigates back within the site, or closes the tab when there is nowhere left to go back to.</li><li><strong>Idle mouse</strong> — 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.</li><li><strong>Visible selection</strong> — the selected element is given a clear focus ring and scrolled into view.</li></ul>
The extension is designed so that support for additional video sites can be added as separate handlers. Free software under AGPL-3.0-only; the source is available from the project homepage linked above.

## Rankings

- #70,257 — Overall
- #69 — slideshow
- #90 — keyboard

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `www.netflix.com`
- `www.zdf.de`
- `www.ardmediathek.de`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: netflix.com, zdf.de, ardmediathek.de
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-video-keyboard-nav)