
Tabs Media Controller by igorlogius
Control audio and video elements from all tabs via the toolbar button popup menu
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NAME
tabs-media-controller - adds the toolbar button that shows a popup that displays media elements with options to control them or bring them into focus
SYNOPSIS
click the toolbar button to open a popop that show all playing media elements with standard html media controls
USER INPUTS
none
OPTIONS
REQUIRED PERMISSIONS
OPTIONAL PERMISSIONS
none
DEMO VIDEO
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ca3d56a2-46ad-41f4-8444-eeb937acf7d5
COMMON ISSUES / FAQ
Can you add a Forward/Backwards aka. Next/Previous button?
Since these function are site specific and would require to play catch up each time a site decided to change something currently it is not planned to support these.
The player looks ugly, can you change XYZ?
If XYZ hold some degree of usability improvment that can be backed up by common and well established User interface guidelines ... maybe. If you just have a personal preferecne, please look into the custom CSS style option.
I have some media that doens show up.
Please report the site via the support site link and i'll try to look into it.
tabs-media-controller - adds the toolbar button that shows a popup that displays media elements with options to control them or bring them into focus
SYNOPSIS
click the toolbar button to open a popop that show all playing media elements with standard html media controls
USER INPUTS
none
OPTIONS
- you can add custom CSS to re-style the media popup to for example hide or rearrange buttons and stuff
REQUIRED PERMISSIONS
- storage: used to save the custom CSS when provided
- tabs: used to inject the content script
- <all_urls>: used to inject a content script to communicate with the media elements
OPTIONAL PERMISSIONS
none
DEMO VIDEO
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ca3d56a2-46ad-41f4-8444-eeb937acf7d5
COMMON ISSUES / FAQ
Can you add a Forward/Backwards aka. Next/Previous button?
Since these function are site specific and would require to play catch up each time a site decided to change something currently it is not planned to support these.
The player looks ugly, can you change XYZ?
If XYZ hold some degree of usability improvment that can be backed up by common and well established User interface guidelines ... maybe. If you just have a personal preferecne, please look into the custom CSS style option.
I have some media that doens show up.
Please report the site via the support site link and i'll try to look into it.
Rated 4.3 by 9 reviewers
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Required permissions:
- Access browser tabs
- Access your data for all websites
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- Version
- 1.5.27
- Size
- 52.51 KB
- Last updated
- 10 hours ago (Oct 19, 2025)
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