Watch videos on YouTube fullscreen within your browsers screen.

Latest Version

Version
4.5
Update
October 3, 2024
Size
173KiB
Developer
Category
Users
50,000+
Rating
4.2964 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Storage
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YouTube Windowed FullScreen Extension

A simple and lightweight extension that adds an icon which allows the YouTube video player to fill the entire page, as a full browser player.
Other NEW Features (Premium Sub required, $5 AUD per year):
- Auto-toggle windowed fullscreen
- Allow scrolling while windowed fullscreen mode
- Miniplayer while scrolling

NOTE: PLEASE RESTART CHROME OR REFRESH YOUTUBE IF IT DOESNT WORK AFTER INSTALLING.

Configure options by either clicking the icon in your browser, or head to chrome://extensions and click on Details for Youtube Windowed FullScreen and click the \"Extension Options\".

Please note some Shortcut Keys may not work correctly as YouTube, or your system may block them. Most keys should work if they are not reserved.

While in fullscreen mode, mouse over where the search bar usually is for it to appear; it will also appear while scrolling.

We're Moving to a Freemium Model, and why:
I never thought I would have to make this decision, and I want to apologize for the change. Unfortunately, with the current economic situation and after recently losing my job, I need a source of income to keep this extension running and up-to-date. Maintaining the extension, especially with the frequent changes to YouTube's layout, requires significant time and effort. By introducing a premium model, I'll be able to dedicate the necessary time to continue updating and improving the extension.

I understand that this may not be ideal for many of you, but I hope you'll understand the circumstances. Thank you for your continued support, and I'm truly grateful for all the users who have used the extension over the years.

Sign up won't take any credit card or anything like that; Subscriptions are set at $5 AUD per year and you can immediately set it to not be recurring afterwards through either this link here https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/bIYaEUf1Ze6m79mcMM or clicking the 'Manage Subscription' button after payment has been made.

Link to the terms of use and privacy policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1czbBOblR46ucyfxpCUhdNnxh_TUH69R2Up-KbA6-ffw/pub

I have removed some images from the extension which have reduced the extension size again. The Chrome Web Store is still processing my change to a trader account and will be reflected as soon as it's done.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx","manifest_version" : 3,"name": "YouTube Windowed FullScreen","short_name": "YouTube FullScreen","description": "Watch videos on YouTube fullscreen within your browsers screen.","version": "4.5","action": {"default_icon": "icon16.png","default_popup": "index.html"},"options_ui": {"page": "index.html","browser_style": true,"open_in_tab": false},"icons": { "128": "icon128.png", "16": "icon16.png", "32": "icon32.png", "48": "icon48.png"},"background": {"service_worker": "background.min.js"},"content_scripts": [{"js": ["YouTube.min.js"],"css": ["YouTube.min.css"],"matches": ["*://www.youtube.com/*"],"run_at": "document_end"}],"permissions": ["storage"],"web_accessible_resources": [{"resources": ["index.html", "welcome.html"],"matches": [""]}]}
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User reviews

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Christian Albao (ID: 00000079616b2f91) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/18/2024 Update: The Dev is so responsive in Email and was able to fix the Bug Immediately! Thanks for this wonderful Extension!

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Ethan Everett Bolton (ID: 0000002fe6b88e01) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/10/2023 I wish youtube had this functionality built in! A great option for when you want a larger player but confined to a tab/window (really nice for large/multiple monitor setups). Great extension if this is what you want!

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Kosmos (ID: 000000adcbc2b106) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 09/16/2023 Does exactly what's advertises. Prefer this over native FS. BUG(?): When exiting without disabling, the next time you open it puts the video player in CINEMA MODE. Please add something that resets it to normal view. FEATURE: Allow scrolling down like you can with YT's native FS feature. FEATURE: Custom FS dimensions/modes. One I want, is where it expands height entirely to whole pages dimension (maybe an option to not hide top toolbar if people want that - or have a dynamic one where hovering mouse on the top, drops it down). And have width expand to the left edge entirely, but the right side only expands enough to show the thumbnails of the suggested videos. Sort of like how Twitch's theatre mode is with chat still visible. The right suggestion side could be separate from main video div to allow independent scrolling of each

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Ryan Blanchard (ID: 00000036965e0faa) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 09/02/2023 Edit September 2023. Having issues with it I haven't noticed before. (After expanding the video to fill the browser view area the button to un-expand it has disappeared.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit August 2023. If I could increase my star rating I would. I was using "Better YouTube Theatre Mode" but a recent Chrome update seems to have made it not work. However this extension *does* still work and that is fantastic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At first use, 5/5. Does what it says it would do (and for me, what it said it would do (windowed fullscreen) is SUPER helpful!!)) and didn't seem to have or cause other issues. Thanks dev.

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Kevin Taylor (ID: 000000eefbcbd36e) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/19/2023 finally an extension that works, you're a godsend ! thank you.