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Disable YouTube Spacebar Scrolling
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| // ==UserScript== | |
| // @name Disable YouTube spacebar scrolling | |
| // @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/ | |
| // @version 0.2 | |
| // @description Disables spacebar scrolling and forces it to pause the video instead | |
| // @author HPZ07 | |
| // @match https://www.youtube.com/* | |
| // @grant none | |
| // ==/UserScript== | |
| (function() { | |
| 'use strict'; | |
| window.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) { | |
| if (e.keyCode === 32 && e.target === document.body && isWatchPage()) { | |
| e.preventDefault(); | |
| var video = document.querySelector('video.html5-main-video'); | |
| if (video.currentTime > 0 && !video.paused && !video.ended) { | |
| video.play(); | |
| } else { | |
| video.pause(); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| function isWatchPage() { | |
| return /^\/watch/.test(location.pathname); | |
| } | |
| })(); |
AMAZING! 👍
Thank you 🙏
I don't suppose a TikTok variant to stop comment typing from scrolling would be similar? Any chance you'd be willing to give it a try?
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This should resolve the Alt-Tab issue.
Fix YouTube's Alt-Tab Pause/Play Issue
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@alexwh Thanks for the suggestion.