Video PiP Shortcut
3 ratings
)Overview
Adds a Picture‑in‑Picture overlay button and a customisable keyboard shortcut to HTML5 videos.
# Video PiP Shortcut — v 1.10 The simplest way to pop any HTML5 video into Picture‑in‑Picture on Chrome / Brave / Edge. > **First major update since v 1.3** > Everything below is *new or has been improved* in v 1.10. 🚀 What’s new in v 1.10 Area Added / Changed Overlay button • Works on videos that appear later • 3 icon sizes – Small 40 px, Medium 50 px, Large 60 px Hover behaviour Choose how the icon appears: ➊ Show only on icon hover ➋ Fade until icon hover (default) ➌ Always visible Positioning 9 presets (centre + 8 compass points) Edge margin Quick dropdown (0 – 400 px) keeps the icon from hugging the edge Keyboard shortcut Pick any key + Alt / Ctrl / Shift / Meta (defaults to Alt + P) Click feedback Optional zoom‑flash animation One‑click PiP toggle Clicking the overlay toggles PiP on/off for that video Settings popup All options live‑update from the toolbar popup—no page reloads ✨ Features Overlay PiP icon on every HTML5 video Instant PiP toggle – click the icon or use the global shortcut Nine positions + edge margin presets Icon size presets (small / medium / large) Three hover styles (hover‑only, fade, always) Custom shortcut – pick any key + modifiers Click animation (can be turned off) All settings sync via Chrome Sync and update live across tabs ✨ Future Improvements **Better compatibility with websites like Reddit, Twitch, Kick, etc. (maybe even with streaming services) **Performance improvements 🛠 Installation Download or clone the repo. Open chrome://extensions (or brave://extensions, edge://extensions). Enable Developer mode. Click Load unpacked and select the extension folder. Hover any video → click the 🎬 icon or press Alt + P (default shortcut—change it any time). ⚙️ Options Open the toolbar popup (or right‑click → Options) to tweak: Category Options Overlay Enable / disable icon & click animation Icon size Small • Medium • Large Hover behaviour Hover‑only • Fade • Always Position Centre + 8 compass points Edge margin 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 100, 200, 400 px Shortcut Any key + Alt / Ctrl / Shift / Meta Settings are saved instantly and applied to every open tab. 🖼 Icon credit Playback / PiP icon by Uniconlabs – Flaticon Licensed for free use with attribution. Made with ❤️ by BEFICENT (with a little help from ChatGPT). Feel free to fork, improve, and share! GitHub Link: https://github.com/BEFICENT/pip-button
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- Version1.10
- UpdatedJuly 24, 2025
- Offered byBEFICENT
- Size17.88KiB
- LanguagesEnglish (United Kingdom)
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