There are more tricks on YouTube than you can imagine, and even options that we have at our fingertips but that we never use because we don’t know what they’re doing.
In addition, we also have a number of keyboard shortcuts at our disposal, with which it would be easier for us to control the video and the work of YouTube itself.
Some of them will be very curious to you, others you have probably seen but not used, and then there will be keyboard shortcuts that surprise you with their simplicity and how well they work in many situations.
Keyboard Shortcuts on YouTube
To give you an idea of all the things we can do with the YouTube keyboard, we are talking about many different shortcuts to control the Internet.
You will be able to control the video, the volume of each or the system, view the entire network of videos, change the way they are played, and much more.
when playing
When we watch a video, we can use our keyboard to control it better.
The only condition for these shortcuts to work is that the window in which we have YouTube in the browser must be the main one. If not, none of the shortcuts will work.
- space: Play or pause the video, and activate if the button is selected.
- Play and/or pause key on the keyboard (if any): play or pause the video.
- To: Play or pause the video in the player.
- stop key on keyboard (if any): stop the video.
- number 0: Scroll through the first second of the video.
- Numbers 1 to 9: Go to video percentage (1 10%, 2 20%, etc.).
- right arrow: Fast forward the video by 5 seconds.
- Left Arrow: Go back 5 seconds to the video.
- J: Go back 10 seconds to the video.
- l: Advance the video by 10 seconds.
- Start off: Jump to the first seconds of the video or the beginning of YouTube.
- End key: Quickly jump to the last seconds of a video or the end of YouTube.
- There is (,): Go back one frame in the video.
- Spot (.): We will move forward one frame in the video.
Playlist
The moment we are in a YouTube playlist, we can also use the keyboard to navigate in this type of menu.
There aren’t many combinations, but the few that do exist are very useful:
- Shift + N: go to the next video.
- Shift + P: Go to the previous video. It is prepared exclusively for playlists.
- Next key on the keyboard: Recook from one video to another.
Volume
The volume is something we can control with the keyboard when we’re on YouTube.
Using it is very simple:
- Up arrow: Increase volume by 5%.
- Arrow to down: Decrease the volume by 5%.
Other labels
There are also other shortcuts that we can use on the video social network to speed things up using keys instead of a mouse.
These other settings do the following:
- Shift+1: Navigation between YouTube H1 titles.
- With: Turn subtitles on or off if possible.
- I: activate the mini player.
- /: go to YouTube search box
- F: enable or disable full screen mode.
Rainbow
This trick is very clear and extremely simple, although there is little practicality in it.
We just need to have a YouTube video on our computer screen (if we want full screen too) and then write on the keyboard. stunning.
We’ll see how the red tone of the play bar becomes multicolorchanging the typical YouTube look and making everything more colorful than usual.
minute video
Surely more than once you wanted to show someone a video on YouTube, but from the exact minute.
Doing this with the playbar is pretty heavy, plus you can jump to wherever you want. Well, there is a way to go straight to the point in the video that we need.
To do this, we must place the playbar exactly where we want, and then do right clickso in the options we get to choose Copy video URL from current minute.
We then just have to send that URL to whoever we want to watch the video from that minute on or copy it back to our browser so that it starts at the right time.
playback speed
If we have to watch a video that is too long, of course it would be nice if we increased the playback speed so that we can understand it, but at the same time it lasts less time.
There is a way on youtube to do this that is not widely used and there are sure to be people who don’t even know about it.
At the bottom of the video window we have several icons from which we must click on the one that like a gear.
Then we will press playback speed. Now let’s see how we numbers with zerowhich will slow down the video playback and then above 1which will mean that playback will become faster.
We must choose the one that best suits our needs, either with higher speed or lower playback.
robots
It’s more than a gimmick or a utility, it’s a curiosity and a really special thing that’s happening on YouTube that not many people know about.
This is a clear reference to the movie “Terminator” and the computer that is supposed to conquer the world in the future, called “Skynet”.
If you type in the browser youtube.com/robots.txta file will appear on the screen where you can read “Created in the distant future (2000) after the uprising of robots in the mid-90s, which destroyed all people.“.
As you can see, this is a clear allusion to the mentioned movie, something non-functional and not something that we can use, but a fun and curious clip that you can show to all your friends.
With everything we’ve told you, you’ll be able to get more out of YouTube with shortcuts and features you may not have known about, as well as some fun ones.
Source: Computer Hoy
I am Bret Jackson, a professional journalist and author for Gadget Onus, where I specialize in writing about the gaming industry. With over 6 years of experience in my field, I have built up an extensive portfolio that ranges from reviews to interviews with top figures within the industry. My work has been featured on various news sites, providing readers with insightful analysis regarding the current state of gaming culture.