Short Shorts: Youtube Shorts Shortcuts

About

Short Shorts adds a full set of keyboard shortcuts to YouTube Shorts, matching most of the controls available on regular YouTube videos.

Playback
K or Space : Play / Pause
C : Captions on/off

Volume
= : Volume up 5%
— : Volume down 5%

Seek
← / → : Skip back / forward 5 seconds
J / L : Skip back / forward 10 seconds
0–9 : Jump to 0%, 10%, 20%... 90% of the video
Frame-by-frame (while paused)
, : Previous frame
. :  Next frame

Extra Shortcuts (optional, on by default)
Enable these in the popup for additional controls:
D : Show / hide description
E : Show / hide comments
Q : Like
W : Dislike

Fully Customisable
Every shortcut can be reassigned to any key you prefer. Click the extension icon, hit MODIFY next to any shortcut, and press your preferred key. Changes take effect instantly across all open YouTube tabs.

Privacy First
No data collected. No servers. No tracking. Your shortcut preferences are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's built-in storage.

Only active on youtube.com/shorts.