Reliable Keys for YouTube Player

Removes the tabindex attribute from the YouTube player's controls, so that left/right keys always perform seeking and up/down keys always perform volume adjustments.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Reliable Keys for YouTube Player
// @namespace    https://youtube.com/
// @version      1.0
// @description  Removes the tabindex attribute from the YouTube player's controls, so that left/right keys always perform seeking and up/down keys always perform volume adjustments.
// @author       timtimtimaroo
// @match        *://www.youtube.com/*
// @grant        none
// @license      copyright
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    function removeTabindex() {
        ['.ytp-progress-bar', '.ytp-volume-panel'].flatMap(s => [...document.querySelectorAll(s)]).forEach(panel => {
            if (panel.hasAttribute('tabindex')) {
                panel.removeAttribute('tabindex');
                console.log("[Reliable Keys for YouTube Player] Removed tabindex from:", panel);
            }
        });
    }

    // Run once on load
    removeTabindex();

    // Observe for changes in the page (useful for SPA behavior)
    const observer = new MutationObserver(removeTabindex);
    observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

})();