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Tangential, but does Netflix have a reliable keyboard shortcut to pause the video? On Chrome, it seems to break when you switch the keyboard focus to some parts
by seanwilson 5y ago
Tangential, but does Netflix have a reliable keyboard shortcut to pause the video? On Chrome, it seems to break when you switch the keyboard focus to some parts of the UI. You're also prevented from seeking backwards at the credits without clicking a button first (one is "watch next episode").
I can see why the second one might be a deliberate design choice to push you to watch the next episode but I'm surprised the first isn't caught in user testing unless there's another shortcut. Youtube lets you press `k` to pause which seems to be reliable.
- loeg 5y agoHave you tried space to pause?
- mkr-hn 5y agoNot directly, but there is a pause function on HTML5 video elements you could toss into a bookmarklet. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4155329/how-to-pause-a-html5-video-on-an-event https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4155329/how-to-pause-a-h... If you use Firefox, you can set a keyword for it, so you could hit F6 to focus the address bar and type it in. It really shouldn't take all this to get even close, but I've never had much luck with space since it's focus dependent. Maybe you could use something like AutoHotKey to click the video area when you press a certain button/combo.