Changes fullscreen buttons to go into a popup. Works for every website that uses fullscreen, including Youtube, Vimeo, Netflix

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32
Update
October 29, 2024
Size
43.78KiB
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Users
60,000+
Rating
4.58739 ★
Manifest Version
3
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Windowed - floating Youtube/every website Extension

Changes fullscreen buttons so they will put a window around the fullscreen app. This allows you to put a Youtube video about a subject next to the paper you are writing or watch a show on Netflix while chatting. This extension will not reload the video you are watching, nor use some custom controls: it puts the website in its own fullscreen mode. Now also supports Picture-in-Picture mode when fullscreening a video, but this takes away the websites video controls.

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This extension requires \"Read sites data\" permission to function, but you can right-click the extension icon, click \"This Can Read and Change Site Data\" and enable it only for websites that you are comfortable with. Also the source is open, so you can read that no data is actually read or changed by this extension :)
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It will present you with a small menu when you click fullscreen, so you can choose to go fullscreen or windowed.

Some of the website confirmed to work:
- Youtube
- Netflix
- Twitch
- Most other websites...

Does not work on
- Flash videos (these are outside of the scope of browser extensions, I tried)
- Videos with native html controls (as they use native fullscreen, not javascript fullscreen)

It is possible there are websites where this does not work, even though they are not flash. If you happen to find one, please let me know! :)

Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/windowed/
Source code: https://github.com/dralletje/windowed

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Michiel Dral
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Windowed - floating Youtube/every website", "short_name": "Windowed", "description": "Changes fullscreen buttons to go into a popup. Works for every website that uses fullscreen, including Youtube, Vimeo, Netflix", "developer": { "name": "Michiel Dral", "url": "https://dral.eu/" }, "version": "32", "manifest_version": 3, "permissions": ["storage", "tabs", "offscreen"], "applications": { "gecko": { "id": {477dbe5e-1742-4641-a2c3-b6113bb5cf6e} } }, "action": { "default_popup": "Popup/Popup.html", "default_icon": { "32": "/Images/[email protected]" } }, "content_scripts": [ { "run_at": "document_start", "matches": [""], "js": ["Vendor/browser-polyfill.min.js", "Content.js"], "all_frames": true }, { "run_at": "document_start", "matches": [""], "js": ["script_to_insert_directly_into_page.js"], "all_frames": true, "world": "MAIN" } ], "background": { "service_worker": "Background/BackgroundModule.js", "type": "module" }, "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": ["Images/*"], "matches": [""] }, { "resources": [ "Vendor/browser-polyfill.min.js", "Vendor/Browser.js", "script_to_insert_directly_into_page.js" ], "matches": [""] } ], "icons": { "16": "Icons/Icon_16.png", "32": "Icons/Icon_32.png", "64": "Icons/Icon_64.png", "128": "Icons/Icon_128.png" }}
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How to download and manually install Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension file

Select and download the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Windowed - floating Youtube/every website extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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최봉구 (ID: 0000009b850cb2d9) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/31/2023 이건 대박이야..

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Danny (ID: 00000081cfe1abb9) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 10/23/2023 I'm only rating this so low becaue while on many sites it works fantastically, YOUTUBE of all sites seems to struggle to allow the WINDOWED option, much rather opting for Fullscreen even after MANUALLY picking Windowed.

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Ian Harvey (ID: 000000cc1382c06f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/18/2023 Just what I needed to watch youtube my way, without all the accompanying nonsense. AKA full screen in a window.

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ryanzeus31 (ID: 00000070bf86a9fa) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/17/2023 This help me from youtube fullscreen framedrop/lag bug on chrome, maximize windowed is really help and now I get smooth 60fps and no more framedrop. btw, even I can hide win10 taskbar but the titlebar is still there 😂, so yeah this is the best work around for now, thank you.

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Jay Dublin (ID: 0000003bccb15215) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 10/14/2023 Works great on most Sites, on some sites the windowed feature dosent work it just full screens, can anyone help with this. also in windowed something shows site assets behind or at the side of the video. is there a list of supported sites? will vote 5 stars if i cant fix this