Add YouTube Video Progress

Adds a progress bars (or dots) at bottom of video, a progress text which includes video quality and subtitle indicators, and a chapter title box on the YouTube video page.

These are versions of this script where the code was updated. Show all versions.

  • v1.18.124 2024-04-14

    Updated video chapter list detection due to site changes. YouTube is unnecessarily doing it WAAAY too frequent.
  • v1.18.123 2024-01-16

    Fixed progressbar not appearing in embedded player
  • v1.18.122 2023-11-28

    Fixed progressbar disappeared due to site changes. Cosmetic updates.
  • v1.18.120 2023-09-26

    Added video size on progress text tooltip. Fixed incorrect viewport size displayed on progress text tooltip. Update #3 for previous workaround. Cosmetic updates.
  • v1.18.117 2023-02-14

    Update #2 for previous workaround
  • v1.18.116 2023-02-07

    Update for previous workaround.
  • v1.18.115 2023-02-07

    Workaround fix for occasional scrollbar appearing when in theather mode.
  • v1.18.113 2022-11-23

    Fix for previous update.
  • v1.18.112 2022-11-21

    Fixed chapter title box position (for theater mode), and its z-order (so that's it slides beneath the player).
  • v1.18.111 2022-11-13

    Made room for both video progress text, and subscribe & notify buttons.
  • v1.18.110 2022-11-04

    Minor adjustment on parsing chapter titles.
  • v1.18.109 2022-11-03

    Update to support time range based chapter list. Fixes incorrectly parsed chapter titles.
  • v1.18.108 2022-08-07

    Fixed progress percentage text which may only show 99% at end of video
  • v1.18.106 2022-07-24

    Update bugfix 2: Refined progress text position and make YouTube's pathetic new video description layout more consistent
  • v1.18.105 2022-07-23

    Update bugfix: Refined progress text position and make YouTube's pathetic new video description layout more consistent
  • v1.18.104 2022-07-23

    Refined progress text position and make YouTube's pathetic new video description layout more consistent
  • v1.18.103 2022-07-10

    Bugfix for previous update: Updated progress text position for YouTube's original video description layout
  • v1.18.102 2022-07-10

    Updated progress text position for YouTube's original video description
  • v1.18.101 2022-07-01

    Fixed progress text being shoved around by YouTube. Bad! Bad YouTube!
  • v1.18.100 2022-06-02

    Reverted previous update.
  • v1.18.99 2022-06-02

    Fixed "(i)" annotation content display due to previous update.
  • v1.18.98 2022-05-29

    Update on progress text positioning for the new badly designed YouTube's video description layout.
  • v1.18.97 2022-05-28

    Fixed minor chapter box display.
  • v1.18.96 2022-05-27

    Adjusted chapter box position to avoid overlapping part of the below-video video progressbar
  • v1.18.95 2022-05-25

    Added compatibility workaround for ViolentMonkey. (notes part)
  • v1.18.94 2022-05-25

    Added compatibility workaround for ViolentMonkey.
  • v1.18.93 2022-05-24

    Changed the "show progressbar below video frame" setting to apply only when not in fullscreen. Fixed progress text position for the new badly designed YouTube video description layout. Fixed minor cosmetics on video feedback icon sizes.
  • v1.18.89 2022-05-23

    Added setting to show progressbar below video frame, instead of within video frame. Added setting to disable progressbar (which also disable chapter box).
  • v1.16.87 2022-05-15

    Workaround for the relatively new and keep getting worse YouTube's video description layout.
  • v1.16.86 2022-04-30

    Fixed non clickable/hoverable progress text for the relatively new and getting worse YouTube's video description layout.
  • v1.16.85 2022-03-28

    Another update for the relatively new and getting worse YouTube's video description layout.
  • v1.16.84 2022-03-22

    Update again for the YouTube's badly designed video description layout (jeez...)
  • v1.16.83 2022-03-22

    Changed the layout of YouTube's Like, Dislike, etc. buttons to be more compact, to make room for progress text.
  • v1.16.82 2022-03-09

    Updated support for the relatively new but BAD YouTube's video description layout.
  • v1.16.81 2022-02-15

    Added support for native chapters aka. "Auto Chapters"
  • v1.16.80 2022-01-22

    Fixed progress text panel failed to be initially shown if the video dimension is not wide enough. e.g. TV ratio.
  • v1.16.79 2021-11-02

    Added support for short videos (whose URL uses "shorts" instead of "watch").
  • v1.16.78 2021-11-02

    Workaround for new but BAD YouTube's video description layout where the starting line is on the same line as the video date and view count.
  • v1.16.77 2021-10-24

    Workaround for progress text which got kicked out of view due to YouTube's new "Description" button.
  • v1.16.76 2021-08-15

    Fixed progressbar text no longer showing due to site changes.
  • v1.16.75 2021-08-12

    Update for site changes
  • v1.16.74 2021-07-04

    Fixed publication date tooltip no longer showing due to site changes.
  • v1.16.73 2021-07-01

    Workaround for chapter list without any 00:00 entry which may cause problem on presenting the chapter title. An "(Untitled)" chapter at 00:00 will be automatically added in this case.
  • v1.16.72 2021-06-21

    Update for site changes.
  • v1.16.71 2021-06-15

    Added background chapter progressbar on chapter progress text (ver2).
  • v1.16.70 2021-06-15

    Added background chapter progressbar on chapter progress text.
  • v1.15.69 2021-06-08

    Fixed chapter text continuously hiding/showing itself due to unordered/duplicate timestamps in chapter list.
  • v1.15.68 2021-05-25

    Fixed OK button on configuration popup.
  • v1.15.67 2021-05-18

    Updated chapter detection method.
  • v1.15.66 2021-05-17

    Fixed chapter title from previous video is still showing after navigating to a video without any chapter.
  • v1.15.65 2021-05-11

    Exclude any "-" prefix prior chapter titles.
  • v1.15.64 2021-02-09 Fixed progressbar not appearing on embedded YouTube player.
  • v1.15.63 2021-02-06 Fixed dark theme for chapter title box. Updated for better dark theme compatibility.
  • v1.15.62 2021-02-01 Fixed display of chapter title box
  • v1.15.61 2021-01-26 Added chapter box to show current video chapter title (if available) at right side below the video player
  • v1.14.60 2020-11-18 Fixed video quality on text video progress sometimes shows "???" due to site chances
  • v1.14.59 2020-11-16 Fixed text video progress sometimes goes blank
  • v1.14.58 2020-10-30 Fix for "[C]" subtitle marker not being shown due to site changes
  • v1.14.57 2020-10-29 Update for site changes.
  • v1.14.56 2020-10-24 Fixed frozen playback time due to site changes
  • v1.14.54 2020-08-13 Added preferred subtitle language option. Made the subtitle indicator clickable to toggle subtitle. Minor subfixes.
  • v1.13.50 2020-07-09 Added video publication/recording elapsed date to video date tooltip.
  • v1.13.49 2020-06-23 Made subtitle marker to also show lowercase "[c]" if auto-generated subtitle is the only available subtitle. Fixed available video qualities in video progressbar tooltip doesn't include quality details on some videos.
  • v1.13.47 2020-06-12 Made subtitle marker to show lowercase "[c]" if auto-generated subtitle is active
  • v1.13.46 2020-06-12 Fixed progressbar auto hide. Fixed subtitle tooltip for translated language. Workaround fix for 50fps/60fps video quality detection.
  • v1.13.43 2020-06-09 Added: configuration GUI, progress text in document title, current subtitle tooltip; Made subtitle marker bold if subtitle is enabled. Fixed: subtitle detection, progress text repositioning.
  • v1.10.38 2020-06-06 Fixed progress text shows "???" if it has no subtitle
  • v1.10.37 2020-06-05 Workaround fix for previous update: progress text shows "???"
  • v1.10.36 2020-06-05 Fixed blinking progress text. Previous workaround for it reverted.
  • v1.10.35 2020-06-05 Fixed subtitle languages tooltip shows data from previously viewed video.
  • v1.10.34 2020-06-04 Workaround fix for blinking progress text.
  • v1.10.33 2020-06-03 Added "[C]" indicator on progress text if subtitle(s) are available, and its tooltip will show the avilable subtitle languages.
  • v1.9.32 2020-04-17 Fixed progressbar publication date tooltip showing "Invalid Date"
  • v1.9.31 2020-04-17 Fixed video publication date tooltip showing the previosly viewed video instead of the current one
  • v1.9.30 2020-04-17 Added publication date tooltip to show the complete date
  • v1.8.29 2020-04-17 Added autohide progressbar if YouTube video controls is visible (configurable; default is enabled)
  • v1.7.28 2020-04-15 More bug fix. Darn it.
  • v1.7.27 2020-04-15 Bug fix for previous bug fix
  • v1.7.26 2020-04-11 Fixed progress text not working after navigating from user/channel page which was opened as the starting YouTube page
  • v1.7.25 2020-04-06 "???" video quality text bug fix for previous update
  • v1.7.24 2020-04-05 Added support for 60fps and HDR (VP9.2) video qualities
  • v1.6.23 2019-10-10 Fixed video progress text dynamic placement algorithm
  • v1.6.22 2019-09-29 Tiny adjustment of video progress text location
  • v1.6.21 2019-09-29 Adaptive placement of video progress text when the viewport width is too narrow
  • v1.6.20 2019-09-19 Fixed Video progress text location on Chrome
  • v1.6.19 2019-09-19 Relocated video progress text to avoid conflicts
  • v1.6.18 2019-09-13 Fix for YouTube layout changes to prevent the video published date from being hidden
  • v1.6.17 2019-08-27 Added current video viewport dimension to the current video quality line of the progress text's tooltip. It'll be appended with e.g. " (870x422 viewport)". This is for knowing whether the dimension of the selected video quality is too low or too high for the current video viewport.
  • v1.5.16 2019-04-14 Added support for embedded YouTube. Added separate setting for progress dot size if dot style is enabled.
  • v1.4.14 2019-04-13 Added a setting to show graphical progress as dots instead of bars.
  • v1.3.13 2019-04-10 Added more details to tooltip of current video resolution on video progress text.
  • v1.3.12 2019-04-09 Added support for YouTube's Dark Mode. The progress text style will change automatically when the Dark Mode is toggled on or off.
  • v1.2.11 2019-04-06 Added video buffer progressbar (shown in blue by default; configurable in the script). Added "+" suffix to video quality text on the video page when there's a higher video quality available. Changed video quality text tooltip to include all available video quality IDs. Trimmed progress text.
  • v1.0.9 2018-06-04 Added showing the video title when the video control bar is shown and while in fullscreen mode. This feature can be disabled in the script.
  • v1.0.8 2018-03-13 Bugfix for previous update
  • v1.0.7 2018-03-13 Fix for the new (unstable) YouTube changes. Please adjust the delay setting in the script if needed.
  • v1.0.6 2018-02-06 Fixed progress text not updated in some cases. Made progress bar configurable. Styled the progress text.
  • v1.0.3 2018-02-04 Fixed progress bar and text not showing if video page was loaded as the first page of YouTube. (f##k you, Polymer!)
  • v1.0.2 2018-02-04 Fixed progress bar and text not showing
  • v1.0.1 2018-02-02