Controls for YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels

Name: Controls for YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels
Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)
Author: AYAZLI

A modern control bar for YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels — playback speed, scrubbing, volume, fullscreen and keyboard shortcuts.

As of June 2026, Controls for YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels has 102 users and a 3.20/5 rating from 5 reviews in the Productivity category.

AYAZLI Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+175.7%

102

Rating−20.0%

3.20

5 reviews

Reviews+66.7%

Version

3.1.1

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update.

History

8 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 19, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 19, 2026	37	4.00	3	0.1
May 4, 2026	44	3.25	4	0.1
May 10, 2026	42	3.25	4	3.1.1
May 15, 2026	49	3.25	4	3.1.1
May 21, 2026	56	3.25	4	3.1.1
May 27, 2026	61	3.20	5	3.1.1
Jun 3, 2026	70	3.20	5	3.1.1
Jun 9, 2026	86	3.20	5	3.1.1
Now	102	3.20	5	3.1.1

Changelog

May 4, 2026

description

Enhance YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels with a clean, reliable control bar and smart shortcuts.

Bring back what's missing from YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.

A polished, lightweight control bar appears below every Short and Reel —
with a scrubber you can actually drag, a speed pill that cycles 0.25× to
2×, real keyboard shortcuts that work even when the page steals focus,
and a volume slider that finally stays in sync. Same UI, same shortcuts
across both platforms.

★ FEATURES

• Works on YouTube Shorts AND Instagram Reels — same control bar,
  same keyboard shortcuts.
• Scrubber — drag to seek, big hit area, smooth red thumb on hover.
• Speed control — click the pill to cycle 0.25× → 2×, right-click to
  reset, or use < / > on the keyboard. Optionally remembers your
  last speed.
• Volume — hover to expand, scroll to nudge, arrow keys to step,
  M to mute. Stays in sync with YouTube's native control.
• Time display — current and total, in tabular numbers so it never
  jitters.
• Fullscreen — uses YouTube's button when available, falls back to the
  standard Fullscreen API.
• Auto-jump to next — skip to the next Short the moment one ends.
• Stop looping — pause at the end instead of replaying.
• Hide YouTube's stock controls and metadata for a clean view.
• 12 built-in languages — English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Español, Français,
  Italiano, Português (BR), Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 中文 (简体),
  العربية. Pick yours from the popup.

★ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

  Space / K     play / pause
  ← / →         seek 5 seconds
  J / L         seek 5 seconds
  ↑ / ↓         volume (or hold Shift, your choice)
  M             mute
  < / >         playback speed -/+

★ PRIVACY

This extension does not collect data, does not track you, does not
phone home. It only runs on youtube.com and instagram.com pages and
only reads the DOM to overlay the player bar. Settings are stored in
your Chrome sync so they follow you between devices — nothing leaves
Google.

★ WHY 3.0

The previous versions were brittle: detection broke on YouTube's
layout updates, listeners leaked between videos, the auto-scroll was
unreliable, and the popup shipped a 280 KB CSS framework just for six
checkboxes. 3.0 is a full rewrite with a tight player core, an
AbortController-scoped lifecycle, robust DOM detection, a hand-rolled
modern popup, multi-language UI and a real speed control.

Open-source and MIT-licensed.

May 4, 2026

short_description

Advanced controls for YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels: shortcuts, custom bar, auto-next, volume memory, and fullscreen.

A modern control bar for YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels — playback speed, scrubbing, volume, fullscreen and keyboard shortcuts.

May 4, 2026

name

Controls for YouTube Shorts & Instagram Reels

Controls for YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels

Permissions & access

Permissions: storagescripting
Host access: *://*.youtube.com/*, *://*.instagram.com/*

Screenshots

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About

Bring back what's missing from YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.

A polished, lightweight control bar appears below every Short and Reel —
with a scrubber you can actually drag, a speed pill that cycles 0.25× to
2×, real keyboard shortcuts that work even when the page steals focus,
and a volume slider that finally stays in sync. Same UI, same shortcuts
across both platforms.

★ FEATURES

• Works on YouTube Shorts AND Instagram Reels — same control bar,
  same keyboard shortcuts.
• Scrubber — drag to seek, big hit area, smooth red thumb on hover.
• Speed control — click the pill to cycle 0.25× → 2×, right-click to
  reset, or use < / > on the keyboard. Optionally remembers your
  last speed.
• Volume — hover to expand, scroll to nudge, arrow keys to step,
  M to mute. Stays in sync with YouTube's native control.
• Time display — current and total, in tabular numbers so it never
  jitters.
• Fullscreen — uses YouTube's button when available, falls back to the
  standard Fullscreen API.
• Auto-jump to next — skip to the next Short the moment one ends.
• Stop looping — pause at the end instead of replaying.
• Hide YouTube's stock controls and metadata for a clean view.
• 12 built-in languages — English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Español, Français,
  Italiano, Português (BR), Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 中文 (简体),
  العربية. Pick yours from the popup.

★ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

  Space / K     play / pause
  ← / →         seek 5 seconds
  J / L         seek 5 seconds
  ↑ / ↓         volume (or hold Shift, your choice)
  M             mute
  < / >         playback speed -/+

★ PRIVACY

This extension does not collect data, does not track you, does not
phone home. It only runs on youtube.com and instagram.com pages and
only reads the DOM to overlay the player bar. Settings are stored in
your Chrome sync so they follow you between devices — nothing leaves
Google.

★ WHY 3.0

The previous versions were brittle: detection broke on YouTube's
layout updates, listeners leaked between videos, the auto-scroll was
unreliable, and the popup shipped a 280 KB CSS framework just for six
checkboxes. 3.0 is a full rewrite with a tight player core, an
AbortController-scoped lifecycle, robust DOM detection, a hand-rolled
modern popup, multi-language UI and a real speed control.

Open-source and MIT-licensed.

Technical

Version: 3.1.1
Manifest: V3
Size: 88.19KiB
Min Chrome: 88
Languages: 12
Featured: No

Metadata

ID: gaagmlhpnkkgcdliafapkkgncdclfcgj
Developer ID: u44b2bf562427d3a708a76a72fdcce153
Developer Email: [email protected]
Created: Sep 3, 2025
Last Updated (Store): May 2, 2026
Last Scraped: Jun 9, 2026
Website: —
Support URL: —
Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/ayazli55/1fe5473be95d3e8f7b571ac9a04917a7