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Makes the YouTube shortcuts work even if the player is not focused. Install Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey first, then click [Raw] to install.
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// ==UserScript== | |
// @name YouTube global shortcuts | |
// @namespace https://gist.github.com/stefansundin/ | |
// @homepage https://gist.github.com/stefansundin/65e3d6db697636d8e7f1 | |
// @downloadURL https://gist.github.com/stefansundin/65e3d6db697636d8e7f1/raw/youtube-global-shortcuts.user.js | |
// @version 1.1 | |
// @author Stefan Sundin | |
// @description Makes the YouTube shortcuts work even if the player is not focused. | |
// @icon https://www.youtube.com/favicon.ico | |
// @match https://www.youtube.com/* | |
// ==/UserScript== | |
// Space = Pause/play | |
// F = Toggle fullscreen | |
// M = Toggle mute | |
// P = Previous video (if in playlist) | |
// N = Next video (if in playlist) | |
// left and right keys focuses the button, but the first keydown won't trigger seeking unfortunately | |
// P and N already works without this userscript, but you must hold shift. | |
// Use Ctrl+Space to scroll down, Shift+Space to scroll up | |
window.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) { | |
var button = document.getElementsByClassName('ytp-play-button')[0] || document.getElementById('movie_player'); | |
if (!button) return; | |
console.log(e); | |
// Skip if in comment reply form, or search field | |
if (['TEXTAREA','INPUT'].indexOf(e.srcElement.tagName) !== -1 || ['yt-commentbox-text','yt-simplebox-text'].indexOf(e.srcElement.className) !== -1) return; | |
var c = String.fromCharCode(e.keyCode).toLowerCase(); | |
if (c == ' ' || e.keyCode == 37 || e.keyCode == 39) { // 37 = left key, 39 = right key | |
if (c == ' ' && (e.shiftKey || e.ctrlKey)) return; | |
if (e.srcElement != button) { | |
button.focus(); | |
if (c == ' ') button.click(); | |
} | |
} | |
else if (c == 'n') { | |
document.getElementsByClassName('ytp-next-button')[0].click(); | |
} | |
else if (c == 'p') { | |
document.getElementsByClassName('ytp-prev-button')[0].click(); | |
} | |
}); |
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Yeah, thank you for the warning. What I wanted was a little simpler so I didn't use your code but learned from it. 🙏🙏