Global hotkeys for YouTube & Bilibili picture-in-picture: toggle, pause/play, and skip back/forward.
Users
94
+42 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#87K
#72K among extensions
Version
1.2
updated 16 Sep 2026
Users
monthly, 5 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:94 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
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Latest, 18 Oct 2026:2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About PiP Controller
π¬ Global hotkeys for YouTube & Bilibili picture-in-picture: toggle, pause/play, and skip back/forward.
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β The problem
Following a tutorial or guide while working in another app? You often need to pauseβbut that means switching to the browser, pressing pause, then switching back. That breaks your flow.
β¨ The solution
PiP Controller lets you control Picture-in-Picture and playback on YouTube and bilibili with global keyboard shortcutsβwithout bringing the browser to the foreground.
π₯οΈ One monitor β Keep the PiP window on the side while you stay in your app; use hotkeys to control the video.
π₯οΈπ₯οΈ Two monitors β Move or enlarge PiP on your second screen; hotkeys still work in the background.
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β¨οΈ What you can do
β’ Alt+W β Toggle Picture-in-Picture (open / close)
β’ Alt+A / Alt+D β Seek backward / forward (step size configurable in the popup; default 5 seconds)
β’ Alt+S β Pause / play
π Good for: learning from tutorials while practicing, following game guides while playing, or any time the video keeps playing but your focus is in another app.
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β οΈ Setup (important)
1. Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts
2. Find PiP Controller and set all four commands to Global (otherwise shortcuts wonβt work when another app is focused)
3. Seek forward may show as βNot setβ: Chrome reserves Alt+D for the address barβclick the pencil icon to bind it manually (or choose another shortcut)
4. Open a video on YouTube or bilibili, leave that tab open, then switch to your other app
π‘ Click the extension icon for in-popup help, UI language (Chinese / Japanese / English), and seek-step settings.
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π Supported sites
β’ YouTube (youtube.com)
β’ bilibili (bilibili.com)
π Open source
Source, feedback, and updates:
https://github.com/jotenbai/picture-in-picture-controller
π Privacy
Settings (language, seek step) stay local. No personal data is uploaded to the developerβs servers. Permissions are only used to inject control scripts on the sites above and remember which tab has the active video.