Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube Music

Latest Version

Version
1.9.0
Update
May 4, 2021
Size
40.74KiB
Developer
Category
Users
920
Rating
4.92857 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Https://play.google.com/music/listen*
Https://podcasts.google.com/*
Https://music.youtube.com/*
ContextMenus
Tabs
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YouTube Music Hotkeys Extension

This browser extension lets you control background playback of YouTube Music (previously known as Google Music) without switching tabs. That is all.

Features:

browser action button
left click toggles playback, context click displays more options
open and pin YouTube Music if it is not open yet
toggle playback: Ctrl+Shift+8
previous song: Ctrl+Shift+9
next song: Ctrl+Shift+0
autoplay when &autoplay=true is found in URL

One can customize default shortcuts via chrome://extensions/configure
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "YouTube Music Hotkeys", "version" : "1.9.0", "description": "Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube Music", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/lidel/google-music-hotkeys", "author": "Marcin Rataj", "icons": { "128": "Play_music_triangle.png" }, "permissions": [ "https://play.google.com/music/listen*", "https://podcasts.google.com/*", "https://music.youtube.com/*", "contextMenus", "tabs" ], "background": { "scripts": ["browser-polyfill.min.js", "background.js"] }, "options_ui": { "page": "options.html", "browser_style": true }, "browser_action": { "browser_style": true, "default_icon": { "128": "Play_music_triangle.png" } },"commands": {"toggle-playback": {"suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+8", "windows": "Alt+Shift+8" },"description": "Toggle Playback"},"previous-song": {"suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+9", "windows": "Alt+Shift+9" },"description": "Previous Song"},"next-song": {"suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+0", "windows": "Alt+Shift+0" },"description": "Next Song"}}, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "https://play.google.com/music/listen*", "https://podcasts.google.com/*", "https://music.youtube.com/*" ], "js": ["browser-polyfill.min.js", "autoplay.js"], "all_frames" : false, "run_at": "document_idle" } ]}
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User reviews

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TheWitness (ID: 00000018f7c8c817) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/06/2023 App working while gaming

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Frida Cuéllar (ID: 000000ade5ae9060) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/10/2022 The best ever!!! It works perfectly with YouTube Musica, even if chrome or yt is minimized, I love it

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Mireya Ruiz (ID: 0000001a6b336b15) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/09/2020 love it stores my favorite music for me

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Mark Bulatenko (ID: 000000ab1cb42503) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/04/2020 This Extension just works as expected.

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Юрий Шведов (ID: 000000d885c3d580) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/28/2019 Glitches appeared on Chromium 78.0.3904.108 on Ubuntu 19.10. In several seconds after pausing, playing continues itself. UPD. Sorry, new ubuntu issue.