Use keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube Music
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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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
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" } },\t"commands": {\t\t"toggle-playback": {\t\t\t"suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+8", "windows": "Alt+Shift+8" },\t\t\t"description": "Toggle Playback"\t\t},\t\t"previous-song": {\t\t\t"suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+9", "windows": "Alt+Shift+9" },\t\t\t"description": "Previous Song"\t\t},\t\t"next-song": {\t\t\t"suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+0", "windows": "Alt+Shift+0" },\t\t\t"description": "Next Song"\t\t}\t}, "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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