Show video title in top left corner during fullscreen when controls appear
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// ==UserScript==
// @name YouTube Fullscreen Title Display
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 1.3
// @description Show video title in top left corner during fullscreen when controls appear
// @author You
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
// @match https://*.youtube.com/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
let titleOverlay = null;
let isTitleVisible = false;
let isFullscreen = false;
let currentVideoId = null;
function createTitleOverlay() {
if (titleOverlay) return;
titleOverlay = document.createElement('div');
titleOverlay.style.cssText = `
position: fixed;
top: 10px;
left: 10px;
background-color: transparent;
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
padding: 0px;
border-radius: 0px;
font-family: 'YouTube Sans', 'Roboto', Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: 500;
max-width: 90%;
z-index: 9999;
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
pointer-events: none;
word-wrap: normal;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
backdrop-filter: none;
border: none;
box-shadow: none;
line-height: 1.2;
letter-spacing: 0.2px;
text-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
`;
document.body.appendChild(titleOverlay);
}
function getVideoTitle() {
// Updated selectors for YouTube's new UI
const selectors = [
'h1.ytd-watch-metadata yt-formatted-string',
'h1 yt-formatted-string',
'.title.style-scope.ytd-video-primary-info-renderer',
'h1.title.style-scope.ytd-video-primary-info-renderer',
'ytd-watch-metadata h1',
'#title h1 yt-formatted-string',
'#above-the-fold h1',
'ytd-watch-metadata #title h1',
// New UI fallbacks
'ytd-watch-metadata yt-formatted-string[class*="title"]',
'#container h1 yt-formatted-string',
'#info-container h1'
];
for (const selector of selectors) {
const titleElement = document.querySelector(selector);
if (titleElement && titleElement.textContent.trim()) {
return titleElement.textContent.trim();
}
}
return 'YouTube Video';
}
function getVideoId() {
const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
return urlParams.get('v');
}
function showTitle() {
if (!titleOverlay || !isFullscreen) return;
const title = getVideoTitle();
titleOverlay.textContent = title;
titleOverlay.style.opacity = '1';
isTitleVisible = true;
}
function hideTitle() {
if (!titleOverlay) return;
titleOverlay.style.opacity = '0';
isTitleVisible = false;
}
function isFullscreenMode() {
return document.fullscreenElement ||
document.webkitFullscreenElement ||
document.mozFullScreenElement ||
document.msFullscreenElement;
}
function areControlsVisible() {
if (!isFullscreenMode()) return false;
// Check for YouTube's fullscreen controls visibility
const selectors = [
'.ytp-chrome-controls',
'.ytp-chrome-bottom',
'.ytp-chrome-top',
'ytd-watch-flexy[theater] .ytp-chrome-bottom', // Theater mode
'#movie_player:not(.ytp-autohide)', // Controls always visible
'#movie_player.ytp-hover' // Mouse hover state
];
// Check if controls are explicitly hidden
const hiddenControls = document.querySelector('.ytp-chrome-bottom[aria-hidden="true"]');
if (hiddenControls) return false;
// Check for hover state or non-autohide mode
const moviePlayer = document.querySelector('#movie_player');
if (moviePlayer) {
const isHovering = moviePlayer.classList.contains('ytp-hover');
const isAutohide = moviePlayer.classList.contains('ytp-autohide');
if (isAutohide && !isHovering) return false;
}
// Check for visible control elements
for (const selector of selectors) {
const element = document.querySelector(selector);
if (element && element.getBoundingClientRect().height > 0) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
function checkFullscreenState() {
const wasFullscreen = isFullscreen;
isFullscreen = isFullscreenMode();
if (isFullscreen) {
if (!wasFullscreen) {
// Just entered fullscreen
createTitleOverlay();
checkControlsState();
}
} else {
// Exited fullscreen - always hide title
if (isTitleVisible) {
hideTitle();
}
}
}
function checkControlsState() {
if (!isFullscreen) {
hideTitle();
return;
}
if (areControlsVisible()) {
if (!isTitleVisible) {
showTitle();
}
// Reset hide timeout when controls are visible
clearHideTimeout();
} else {
// Hide title when controls disappear
if (isTitleVisible) {
hideTitle();
}
}
}
let hideTimeout;
function clearHideTimeout() {
if (hideTimeout) {
clearTimeout(hideTimeout);
}
}
function setupEventListeners() {
// Fullscreen change events
document.addEventListener('fullscreenchange', checkFullscreenState);
document.addEventListener('webkitfullscreenchange', checkFullscreenState);
document.addEventListener('mozfullscreenchange', checkFullscreenState);
document.addEventListener('MSFullscreenChange', checkFullscreenState);
// Mouse movement in fullscreen
document.addEventListener('mousemove', function() {
if (!isFullscreen) return;
clearHideTimeout();
checkControlsState();
// Set timeout to hide title when controls auto-hide
hideTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
if (isFullscreen && isTitleVisible) {
hideTitle();
}
}, 2000);
});
// Video events
const video = document.querySelector('video');
if (video) {
video.addEventListener('play', checkControlsState);
video.addEventListener('pause', checkControlsState);
video.addEventListener('click', checkControlsState);
}
// YouTube player events
const moviePlayer = document.querySelector('#movie_player');
if (moviePlayer) {
const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
mutations.forEach(function(mutation) {
if (mutation.type === 'attributes' &&
mutation.attributeName === 'class') {
setTimeout(checkControlsState, 100);
}
});
});
observer.observe(moviePlayer, {
attributes: true,
attributeFilter: ['class']
});
}
}
function checkForVideoChange() {
const newVideoId = getVideoId();
if (newVideoId && newVideoId !== currentVideoId) {
currentVideoId = newVideoId;
// Video changed, update title if visible
if (isTitleVisible) {
showTitle();
}
}
}
function initialize() {
// Wait for YouTube to load
if (!document.querySelector('#movie_player') && !document.querySelector('video')) {
setTimeout(initialize, 1000);
return;
}
createTitleOverlay();
setupEventListeners();
checkFullscreenState();
// Check for video changes (navigation)
setInterval(() => {
checkForVideoChange();
checkFullscreenState();
}, 1000);
}
// Start when page loads
if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', initialize);
} else {
initialize();
}
// Re-initialize on YouTube navigation (SPA)
let lastUrl = location.href;
new MutationObserver(() => {
const url = location.href;
if (url !== lastUrl) {
lastUrl = url;
setTimeout(initialize, 1000);
}
}).observe(document, { subtree: true, childList: true });
})();