YouTube video shortcuts

Pressing the “?” key in your keyboard, you’ll see the following shortcuts for YouTube on your web browser:

PLAYBACK

Toggle play/pausek
Rewind 10 secondsj
Fast forward 10 secondsl
Previous videoP (SHIFT+p)
Next videoN (SHIFT+n)
Previous frame (while paused),
Next frame (while paused).
Decrease playback rate< (SHIFT+,)
Increase playback rate> (SHIFT+.)
Seek to specific point in the video (7 advances to 70% of duration)td>0..9

SUBTITLES AND CLOSED CAPTIONS

If the video supports captions, toggle captions ON/OFFc
Rotate through different text opacity levelso
Rotate through different window opacity levelsw
Rotate through font sizes (increasing)+
Rotate through font sizes (decreasing)

GENERAL

Toggle full screenf
Toggle theater modet
Toggle miniplayeri
Close miniplayer or current dialogESCAPE
Toggle mutem

SPHERICAL VIDEOS

Pan upw
Pan lefta
Pan downs
Pan rightd
Zoom in+ on numpad or ]
Zoom out– on numpad or [

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