Auto Pause/Resume for YouTube

About

Auto Pause/Resume for YouTube makes watching videos seamless and distraction-free.

✨ Features
• Automatically pauses YouTube videos when you switch to another tab or window.  
• Automatically resumes playback when you return (only if the video was playing before).  
• Supports watch pages, YouTube Shorts, and embedded players.  
• Respects your intent — if you manually paused, the extension will not auto-resume.  
• Popup controls to toggle the extension and fine-tune behavior.  
• Options page for persistent settings.  
• Keyboard shortcut (configurable in chrome://extensions/shortcuts).  
• Zero data collection — everything runs locally in your browser.

🎯 Why install it?
- Save time: no more scrambling to pause/play when switching apps.  
- Stay focused: great for students, developers, and multitaskers who use VS Code, ChatGPT, etc.  
- Control: pause/resume all YouTube tabs with one click.  
- Peace of mind: respects your manual pauses and never resumes videos unexpectedly.  

🛡️ Privacy & Permissions
This extension does NOT collect, store, or transmit personal data.  
Permissions requested are:
- tabs → detect when a YouTube tab is active.  
- scripting → inject a small local script to control the `<video>` element.  
- storage → save your preferences locally.  

💡 Upcoming Features
- Extension icon badge showing pause/play status.  
- Right-click “Send to yt-dlp” for easy downloads.  
- Whitelist/blacklist and quiet hours scheduling.  

Everything is open-source and MIT licensed. Feedback and contributions welcome!