Press Ctrl+M to hide or show the YouTube video player controls.

Latest Version

Version

1.2

Update

June 1, 2024

Size

377KiB

Developer

hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls Extension

When you pause a YouTube video, the player controls don't disappear. That makes it really hard to take a clean screenshot of the video. The controls also block your view, which can get really annoying. Hyde is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to hide or show the video player controls easily.

⭐ Simply use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M to hide the controls or show them again. ⭐

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "hyde \u2014 hide the YouTube video player controls", "version": "1.2", "description": "Press Ctrl+M to hide or show the YouTube video player controls.", "icons": { "16": "img/icon16.png", "32": "img/icon32.png", "48": "img/icon48.png", "128": "img/icon128.png" }, "background": { "service_worker": "src/background.js" }, "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "img/icon16.png", "32": "img/icon32.png", "48": "img/icon48.png", "128": "img/icon128.png" } }, "commands": { "hide": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+M" }, "description": "hide/show controls" } }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://*.youtube.com/watch?*", "https://*.youtube.com/watch?*"], "js": ["src/hide.js", "src/show.js"] } ], "permissions": [ "activeTab", "scripting" ]}

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User reviews

Lieutenant BaconWaffles (ID: 0000003b07badc19) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/13/2024 Thanks bro, this is exactly what I needed for screencaps. BTW, this Chrome extension works on Opera GX, if anyone was wondering. For those having problems, make sure you try both the left & right Ctrl buttons, as it might only work with one or the other. Edit = Stopped working on April 13.

zhyako xalid (ID: 000000a877b80893) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/17/2024 If don't if the creator of the extension might ever read this. But Thank you very much dude. Simple and free to use. Does what it's intended for. I also really love reddit, I found this extention through reddit. But for me the problem of finding it was I did not know what those things ( youtube control player ) called, I did not even know what to search for. So I used a terminology I remembered from 3 years ago, HUD on GTAV5. So maybe something could be done so that people can find it more easily? Huge thanks again dude little update: I think you would get a ton more downloads if you make it easier for people to find your extension, maybe advertise it on youtube itself or show people how valuable it is as when someones watches lyrics, a movie, CS50 course in my situation, I would want to take a snipp, a screen shot without the youtube player controls. And a ton of other not-mentioned benefits. Good luck for everyone reading my review. P.S. I also wanted to know how much time was invested into making this extension

TBlazeWarriorT (ID: 0000006a1466c200) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/28/2023 best extension (assuming it keeps working amazing like this in the future)

Michael A.M. (ID: 00000052d9dc34e6) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 11/13/2023 Not for Bing/Microsoft Edge browser, but still works perfectly on Chrome.

Кое Кто (ID: 000000c99b0be6bf) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/12/2023 Great extension. But another extension "Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (for YouTube & Videos" can do the same and much more while being open source.

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hyde — hide the YouTube video player controls