To be clear, 1 jump to 10%, 2 jumps to 20%, 3 jumps to 30% and so on. On pressing the number keys from 1 to 9 will allow you to jump to that percentage of the video in forward or backward direction. In case you want to jump more than five seconds then press down the Ctrl key and press the respective arrow key to jump forward or backward in a ten second increments. Pressing the left or right arrow keys on your keyboard allows you to forward or rewind in increments of five seconds. While playing a playlist this key takes you to the next video in the playlist. When you press the end key on your keyboard it takes you to the end of the video. The home key is also used for the same purpose.ģ) Jump to the end of a video or go to the next video Pressing the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard enables you to jump to the beginning of a video. To play the video in slow motion press and hold any of these keys. To play or pause the video you must press the space bar or the ‘k’ key on your keyboard. This is necessary because when you navigate between windows, changing tabs in your browser, or comment on the video, the video gets unselected and the shortcuts don’t work. In case these shortcuts are not working then click on the video to select it. It is important to know that the YouTube video and window must be active for these shortcuts to work. We have listed for you all the YouTube keyboard shortcuts in the following article.
You don’t need your mouse to control the video now.
Watching your favourite videos can now become even simpler by the use of keyboard shortcuts. YouTube navigation can be made even simpler by learning few simple keyboard shortcuts.