Merlin
Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls

Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls

Hides the YouTube™ fullscreen controls when moving the mouse to any border.

What is Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls?
'Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls' is a Firefox add-on that gives you more control over your YouTube™ viewing experience. It allows you to hide the video controls when you move your cursor to any border. Furthermore, it also allows you to toggle visibility of these controls at your discretion via a hotkey. This feature-rich add-on also provides the option to conceal certain video overlays and the play/pause animation. It serves as an effective solution for viewers who find the persistent on-screen controls distracting, or prefer a cleaner viewing area.
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Users: 4,014 ▲ 70
Rating: 4.60 (63)
Version: 3.1.4 (Last updated: 2022-11-25)
Creation date: 2016-07-10
Weekly download count: 114
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • *://www.youtube.com/*
Size: 23.83K
URLs: Website
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Does YouTube™ leave the video controls visible for longer than you like? Do you want to have a hotkey that toggles the controls?

This add-on let's you:

  • Hide the video controls when you move the cursor to any border
  • Hide the video controls and only show them when you want.
  • Toggle the controls when you press a hotkey
  • Hide some video overlays
  • Hide the play/pause animation

In the add-on settings you can configure the individual sides as well as the hotkey.

If you experience any issues, please let me know on: https://github.com/nralbrecht/youtube-hide-controls/issues.

Known issues: The add-on currently does not work with embedded YouTube™ players.

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Pros
  • Hides YouTube controls and overlays as expected when paused
  • Easy to install and use without hassle
  • Offers keyboard shortcut customization
Cons
  • No option to automatically hide subtitles when pausing
  • The last update caused issues with the 'only fullscreen' option
  • The default settings are unintuitive, requiring manual adjustment
Most mentioned
  • Hides the controls and seekbar effectively
  • Needing to adjust default settings for functionality
  • Subtitles not being hidden automatically on pause
Recent reviews
I wish it had an option to also hide subtitles when I pause a video so that I don't have to separately turn the subtitles off then back on when I pause a video to do something like read text on the screen or examine a graph/chart.
by Rob Stow, 2024-02-24
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Risk impact

Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Hide YouTube™ Fullscreen Controls has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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