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Youtube Play/Pause Instead of Changing Playback Speed

Pressing space pauses or plays the video without affecting playback speed.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         Youtube Play/Pause Instead of Changing Playback Speed
  3. // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
  4. // @version      0.2
  5. // @description  Pressing space pauses or plays the video without affecting playback speed.
  6. // @author       RDJ
  7. // @match        *://www.youtube.com/*
  8. // @grant        none
  9. // @license MIT
  10. // ==/UserScript==
  11.  
  12. (function() {
  13.     'use strict';
  14.  
  15.     document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
  16.         if (event.code === 'Space' && !event.ctrlKey && !event.altKey && !event.shiftKey) {
  17.  
  18.             if (event.target.tagName === 'INPUT' || event.target.tagName === 'TEXTAREA' || event.target.isContentEditable) {
  19.                 return;
  20.             }
  21.  
  22.             event.preventDefault();
  23.             event.stopPropagation();
  24.  
  25.             let video = document.querySelector('video');
  26.  
  27.             if (video) {
  28.                 if (video.paused) {
  29.                     video.play();
  30.                 } else {
  31.                     video.pause();
  32.                 }
  33.             }
  34.         }
  35.     }, true);
  36. })();