Qommandr of YouTube

Tired of wrestling with YouTube's defaults? Qommandr of YouTube gives you granular control over how YouTube and YouTube Music look and behave. Every enhancement is a separate toggle. Turn on only what you want. Everything else stays out of the way. FEED & LAYOUT • Set video grid columns on Home and Subscriptions — 8, 12, 20, or any count from 1 to 20 • Show more (or all) lines of video and Shorts titles on Home and Subscriptions cards • Customize the Shorts shelf on Home — columns per row, merge multiple shelves into one • Customize the Shorts shelf on Subscriptions — columns per row, expand by default, optionally hide the expand button • Only show one row of Shorts on Home and Subscriptions • Open Shorts in the normal player — always rewrite Shorts links to the classic watch page, or add “Open in normal player” on Shorts cards and menus • Hide Shorts, Live streams, and Mixes — per page or everywhere at once • Hide sponsored cards, masthead ads, and companion ads beside the player • Hide algorithmic clutter: "Most relevant" shelves, surveys, feed nudges, and more • Fix section order when using a custom column count so feeds don't look broken • Jump to the top or bottom of any feed with one click; scroll-to-bottom loads more content PLAYER • Set your preferred max quality — Auto, 720p, 1080p, 4K, up to 8K — on every watch and Shorts video • Optionally remember quality picks from YouTube’s player settings menu • Auto Theater mode — always open watch pages in theater (wide) layout; optionally remember Theater button toggles from the player • See how long a video actually takes at 1.25×, 1.5×, 1.75×, and 2× before you press play • Remember your preferred playback speed across every video and session • Glance at current speed and time remaining without opening the settings panel • Keep a progress bar, elapsed time, and remaining time visible when controls autohide • Pop video into Picture-in-Picture with one click, or auto-activate PiP when you switch tabs • Hide live chat for a full-width player on live streams • Skip pre-roll and mid-roll video ads inside the player (refresh the tab after enabling) PLAYLISTS • Search playlists by name in the Save dialog — no more scrolling through hundreds of rows • Keep the Save to… sheet open after each playlist toggle for multi-save; optional Done button in the header • Add Save to Watch later and Save to playlist on Shorts shelf menus; one-click Watch later on the Shorts player More menu • Sort your playlists by video length, title, or channel using YouTube's own API • Click a playlist thumbnail to open the playlist page instead of autoplaying the first video • Always see video position numbers, even when drag handles are visible • Cap playlist sidebar width so it doesn't stretch across your screen NAVIGATION • Hide sidebar sections or individual links you never use — Shorts, Gaming, History, and more • Works when signed out too — including hiding the Sign-in promo and signed-out Quick links • Explore includes Music, Movies, Hype, Gaming, Sports, Podcasts, Playables, and Memberships • Keep Explore and Your Library expanded by default • Unify sidebar link styles and strip separators and section titles for a cleaner look YOUTUBE MUSIC • Widen home carousels to fill your screen • Open the track you're listening to on YouTube in one click — Music pauses automatically • Picture-in-Picture for music videos • Same scroll-to-top and scroll-to-bottom shortcuts as on YouTube • Search playlists by name in the Save to playlist dialog • Filter playlists in the left sidebar; Enter opens, plays, or opens and plays the first match • Stop the mini-player bar from opening the player page by accident — only the expand button toggles it PRIVACY & TRUST • Runs only on youtube.com and music.youtube.com — nowhere else • Works on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox Open the extension popup from your toolbar, pick the features you want, and browse as usual. Most changes apply instantly — no page reload needed. Made for power users, playlist curators, students, and anyone who spends serious time on YouTube and wants the interface to work their way. --- CHANGELOG 0.3.0 • Auto Theater mode — always open watch pages in theater (wide) mode; optionally remember Theater button toggles from the player • Open Shorts in the normal player — always rewrite Shorts links to `/watch`, or add “Open in normal player” on Shorts cards and menus • Keep the Save to… sheet open after each playlist toggle for multi-save; optional Done button in the header • Add Save to Watch later and Save to playlist on Shorts shelf menus; one-click Watch later on the Shorts player More menu • Only show one row of Shorts on Home and Subscriptions • Sidebar customization for signed-out layouts, including Sign-in promo hide and updated Explore links (Hype, Playables, Memberships) 0.2.0 • Customize the Shorts shelf on Subscriptions — set Shorts per row (1–20, default 6) • Expand the Subscriptions Shorts shelf by default • Optionally hide the Shorts expand/collapse button when the shelf is expanded by default • Customize the Shorts shelf on Home — set Shorts per row (1–20, default 6) • Merge multiple Shorts shelves on Home into one • Skip pre-roll and mid-roll video ads inside the player • Control how many lines of video and Shorts titles show on Home and Subscriptions (1–5, or full title) • Set preferred max video quality (Auto through 8K) on watch and Shorts; optionally remember quality picks from YouTube’s player menu • YouTube Music: search playlists in the Save to playlist dialog • YouTube Music: filter playlists in the left sidebar; Enter opens, plays, or opens and plays the first match • YouTube Music: stop accidental player-page opens from the mini-player bar — only the expand button toggles it 0.1.0 • Set video grid columns on Home and Subscriptions — 8, 12, 20, or any count from 1 to 20 • Hide Shorts, Live streams, and Mixes — per page or everywhere at once • Hide sponsored cards, masthead ads, and compani…