# Text Formatting Shortcuts for YouTube Comments

> Add bold, italic, and strikethrough text to YouTube comments without needing to remember what symbols to use.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-comments-enhanced](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-comments-enhanced)

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-comments-enhanced`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Remi
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-11
- **First published:** 2025-07-08
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-comments-enhanced/)

## Description

This extension creates button shortcuts for quickly applying markdown formatting to YouTube comments as you're writing them.

Features:
- <strong>Bold</strong>, <em>italic</em>,  s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶, and ˢᵘᵖᵉʳˢᶜʳⁱᵖᵗ (may not be supported on all fonts)
- A live preview of what your comment will look like
- Dark mode support

Source code: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/16ffa037a0e9da08fa552b8493adc20bcd9bbf538151df1b41a106b430ab46f1/https%3A//github.com/Germaphobe/yt-comments-extension" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Germaphobe/yt-comments-extension</a>

## Rankings

- #38,111 — Overall
- #90 — format
- #116 — comfort
- #133 — comment
- #144 — shortcut
- #179 — youtube shorts

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-comments-enhanced)