Youtube Overlay Remover

Toggle for hiding the youtube.com's HTML5 player overlay, that blocks vision at the top and bottom of the video when moving the mouse or pausing, in and out of full screen. Use Shift+Alt+X as default shortcut, or change it in the Extensions Manager.

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manifest.json

{
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "Youtube Overlay Remover",
  "version": "1.2",
  "description": "Toggle to hide or add back Youtube Video Player overlay",
  "icons": {
    "48": "icons/ytr48.png",
    "96": "icons/ytr96.png"
  },
  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "icons/ytr16.png",
      "32": "icons/ytr32.png"
    }
  },
  "applications": {
    "gecko": {
      "id": "[email protected]"
    }
  },
  "permissions": [
    "activeTab",
    "contextMenus"
  ],
  "background": {
    "scripts": [
      "background.js"
    ]
  },
  "commands": {
    "toggle-feature": {
      "suggested_key": {
        "default": "Alt+Shift+X"
      },
      "description": "Hide Youtube Player Overlay"
    }
  }
}