More YouTube Hotkeys

Adds more keyboard shortcuts for YouTube. The list of all new shortcuts is added into new "More Shortcuts" section on YouTube's "Keyboard shortcuts" popup which can be accessed via "?" or SHIFT+/ key (on U.S. keyboards).

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

  • v1.3.61 2024-08-16

    Fixed Share hotkey due to site changes
  • v1.3.60 2024-07-24

    Added Alt+\ (Alt+BackSlash) hotkey to focus live chat message list
  • v1.3.59 2024-05-04

    Fixed broken chapter seek hotkeys due to site changes
  • v1.3.58 2024-04-28

    Fixed hotkeys still functioning even though they're not supposed to any more. e.g. navigating from a video page to a user/channel page, the v hotkey for saving current video into playlist, still functions even though the video page's "Save" button is no longer visible.
  • v1.3.57 2024-04-21

    Fixed broken SHIFT+V hotkey due to site changes
  • v1.3.56 2024-03-19

    Update for "V" (Save video to playlist) and "N" (Download video) hotkeys to be language independent, and made them invokable even if they're tucked in as popup menu items.
  • v1.2.55 2024-03-19

    Workaround for broken "V" hotkey (Save to playlist) due to site changes. Note: currently only work if site language is set to English.
  • v1.2.54 2024-03-13

    Fixed hotkey for toggling chapter list due to site changes
  • v1.2.53 2024-03-02

    Added \ hotkey to focus live chat input box. Added : (Shift+;) hotkey to focus comment input box.
  • v1.2.51 2024-01-20

    Bug fix for previous update
  • v1.2.50 2024-01-20

    Fix broken hotkey for closing replay/live chat due to site changes
  • v1.2.49 2023-12-13

    Added common navigation shortcuts for Subscriptions, Feeds ("You"), History, Watch Later, Liked Videos, and Account pages
  • v1.2.48 2023-11-30

    Fixed broken hotkeys due to site changes
  • v1.2.47 2023-08-10

    Updated focus channel search box hotkey for site changes
  • v1.2.46 2023-08-04

    Fixed ";" hotkey (focus channel/user search box) due to site changes
  • v1.2.45 2023-07-03

    Added "n" hotkey for YouTube's built in "Download" button, if any. Fixed H hotkey (for Share) due to site changes
  • v1.2.43 2023-07-01
  • v1.2.42 2023-01-28
  • v1.2.41 2022-11-03

    Fixed broken shortcut for toggling off chapter list due to site changes
  • v1.2.40 2022-10-29

    Updated shortcuts for toggling like and dislike due to site changes
  • v1.2.38 2022-10-28

    Updated shortcut for toggling replay chat due to site changes
  • v1.2.37 2022-09-14

    Added SHIFT+R shortcut to toggle sponsored video list (above chapter list)
  • v1.2.36 2022-08-16

    Fixed SHIFT+V hotkey due to site changes
  • v1.2.35 2022-08-02

    Fixed shortcut for navigating to user/channel video tab from a video page, due to YouTube broke its own navigation function!
  • v1.2.34 2022-06-29

    Fixed Like+Dislike shortcuts and Help shortcuts, due to site changes. Seriously. YouTube's script is behaving like that old Sony malware.
  • v1.2.32 2022-05-15

    New shortcuts: ALT+G = Decrease video quality, ALT+H = Increase video quality, ALT+Y = Set video quality to auto
  • v1.1.31 2022-05-14

    Fixed shortcuts for Like, Dislike, Share, and Save; for the new badly designed YouTube video description layout.
  • v1.1.30 2022-02-15

    Added support for native chapters aka. "Auto Chapters"
  • v1.1.29 2022-02-10

    Fixed subscription toggle hotkey sometimes not working
  • v1.1.28 2021-08-29

    Added ";" keyboard shortcut to switch input focus to the search box on the channel/user page
  • v1.1.27 2021-08-14

    Site changes update for these hotkeys: Like, Dislike, Subscribe, Subscription Notification
  • v1.1.23 2021-08-05

    Fixed broken Previous Chapter hotkey when the playback is within the last chapter.
  • v1.1.22 2021-05-25

    Fixed Like and Dislike hotkeys.
  • v1.1.21 2021-05-18

    Updated video chapter detection method.
  • v1.1.20 2021-05-13

    Made Like, Dislike, Shave and Save hotkeys language independent.
  • v1.1.19 2021-01-19 Fixed "R" hotkey doesn't toggle Replay Chat
  • v1.1.18 2021-01-15 Changed the "R" hotkey to toggle either replay chat or chapter list. Whichever is available
  • v1.1.17 2020-11-23 Code clean up for previous update: Fixed broken SHIFT+V hotkey due to site changes
  • v1.1.16 2020-11-23 Fixed broken SHIFT+V hotkey due to site changes
  • v1.1.15 2020-10-08 Fixed seek to previous chapter doesn't work if video is playing
  • v1.1.14 2020-09-29 Fixed keyboard shortcuts display in help popup. Added ALT+J and ALT+L to seek to previous and next video chapters, if any.
  • v1.1.12 2020-08-13 Fixed broken preferred subtitle selection if the preferred language code is not available or invalid
  • v1.1.11 2020-06-14 Added SHIFT+Q hotkey to manually toggle YouTube's video controls
  • v1.1.10 2020-06-12 Added SHIFT+C hotkey to activate and select preferred subtitle language (configurable in the script), and cycle through possible subtitle types. i.e. auto-generated and translated.
  • v1.1.9 2020-05-31 Added CTRL+` shortcut to go to YouTube home page. Fixed keyboard shortcuts popup doesn't include CTRL or ALT key modifiers if they're used.
  • v1.1.7 2020-05-08 Fixed broken shortcuts for Share and Save video due to site changes.
  • v1.1.6 2019-09-03 Fixed SHIFT+V where it may not work in some cases
  • v1.1.5 2019-08-13 Fixed SHIFT+V hotkey where it may sometime navigate to the incorrect channel/user video page
  • v1.1.4 2019-07-12 Workaround for SHIFT+V hotkey navigating to the incorrect user/channel video page
  • v1.1.3 2019-07-11 Added SHIFT+0 to SHIFT+9 hotkeys for seeking video to n5%. e.g. 5%, 15%, 25%, ...to 95%

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