HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts chrome extension

Version: 4.1.3
HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts
Add keyboard support to Chrome's native HTML5 video player.
4.11 Based on 92 user rates

What is HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts?

HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts is a video controller extension for chrome. also, it is screen shortcuts extension and browser shortcuts extension. it's a free extension and is featured in Productivity, it has 7,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.11 from 92 rated user, last update is 2687 days ago.


What’s new in version 4.1.3?

                Tired of Chrome's primitive built-in HTML5 video player?

This extension adds an extensive list of keyboard controls to improve your viewing experience. The shortcuts are only active on videos with the default controls enabled, so don't worry about them messing up YouTube or other custom video players. To enable controls (and keyboard shortcuts) on videos that don't have them, just right-click the video in question and select "Show controls".

Note that this extension is only meant to affect Chrome's native HTML5 video player!

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FULL LIST OF SHORTCUTS:

-Click:
    Select video, Play/Pause selected video
-Double-Click / F:
    Toggle fullscreen
-Space / K:
    Play/Pause
-Left Arrow / J:
    Skip back 5 seconds
    -with Shift: 10 seconds
    -with Control: 1 second
-Right Arrow / L:
    Skip forward 5 seconds
    -with Shift: 10 seconds
    -with Control: 1 second
-Comma (,):
    Skip back 1/60th of a second
-Period (.):
    Skip forward 1/60th of a second
-Home / 0:
    Skip to beginning
-End:
    Skip to end
-Numbers 1 - 9:
    Skip to X% (10%, 20%, 30%, ... 90%)
-Up Arrow:
    Increase volume
-Down Arrow:
    Decrease volume
-M:
    Toggle mute
-C:
    Toggle captions
-R:
    Reload video file
-Less Than (<):
    Slow down video playback
-Greater Than (>):
    Speed up video playback
-Question Mark (?):
    Return to default playback speed

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This extension is open source!
https://github.com/AjaxGb/Better-Chrome-Native-Video

Changelog:
-v4.1.3 - Fix options page not working with HTML5.1
-v4.1.2 - Improve direct videos' compatibility with other extensions
-v4.1.1 - Fixed unwanted wrapping on options page
-v4.1
    -Default values for options displayed in hover text
    -Added arrow key skip amounts to options
    -Added ability to enable shortcuts on videos that do not use the default controls
        -Disabled by default; see options page
-v4.0.4 - Fixed clicks not working on standalone videos
-v4.0.3 - Fixed multiline options being squashed
-v4.0.2 - Improved visibility of disabled options
-v4.0.1 - Fixed delay not working on standalone videos
-v4.0
    -Added an options menu!
    -Added a slight (optional) delay to clicks
        -Prevents double-click briefly play/pausing the video
-v3.4 - Added Double-Click to toggle fullscreen
-v3.3.1 - Made performance improvements more stable
-v3.3
    -Added "C" to toggle captions
    -Major performance improvements
-v3.2
    -Fixed error when disabling shortcuts on a video
    -Added auto-focus when shortcuts are re-enabled
-v3.1
    -Fixed keyboard shortcuts activating unintentionally
        -For example, Ctrl-F used to fullscreen the active video
    -Holding Ctrl while skipping left/right changes skip length to 1 second
-v3.0 - Added right-click option to disable shortcuts on individual videos
-v2.0
    -Major behind-the-scenes refactoring
    -Better prevention of default key events
-v1.5 - Fixed some dynamically added videos being ignored
-v1.4 - Added "R" to reload video
-v1.3
    -Bug report "Works as Intended", v1.2 reverted
    -Videos get focus when fullscreened
    -Minor bugfixes
-v1.2
    -Added forward compatibility for when this bug is fixed: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=592245
-v1.1 - Moved to GitHub
-v1.0 - Initial release            

How to install HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.


Preview of HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts


Technical Features:

  • Latest Version: 4.1.3
  • Requirements: Windows Chrome, Mac Chrome
  • License: Free
  • Latest update: Monday, August 14th, 2017
  • Author: AjaxGb

HTML5 Video Keyboard Shortcuts Available languages:

English.


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Reviews of html5 video keyboard shortcuts:


md shovon December 24th, 2022
md shovon

Just mind-blowing, Any web player just behaves like vlc player


santanu das April 27th, 2022
santanu das

playback speed control does not work


Walker Chow September 27th, 2021
Walker Chow

Doesn't work anymore. :( It was good.

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