⚡ YouTube Z Speed Toggle

A lightweight, distraction-free Chrome extension (Manifest V3) that lets you instantly cycle playback speed on YouTube with a single keystroke: Z.

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✨ Features

• ⌨️ Single Key Shortcut: Tap Z anytime to cycle through playback speeds.
• 🚀 Speed Presets: Cycles seamlessly through 1.0x ➔ 1.25x ➔ 1.5x ➔ 2.0x.
• 💬 Minimal HUD: Displays a sleek on-screen speed indicator badge at the top-right corner that automatically fades out after 1 second.
• ⚡ Ultra Lightweight: Pure Vanilla JavaScript with zero background resource drain and zero dependencies.
• 🔒 Privacy-Focused: No data collection, no telemetry, no extra permissions required.

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📥 Installation

Since this extension is loaded as an unpacked developer extension:

1. Clone or Download this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Dev-dev008/Youtube-z-speed-toggle.git

2. Open Google Chrome (or any Chromium browser like Brave, Edge, Opera).
3. Navigate to chrome://extensions in the address bar.
4. Toggle on Developer mode in the top-right corner.
5. Click Load unpacked in the top-left corner.
6. Select the folder containing these project files (manifest.json, content.js, etc.).

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🎮 How to Use

1. Open any video on YouTube.
2. Press Z on your keyboard.
3. The video speed changes immediately and a clean popup indicator shows the current playback rate (1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x).

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📂 Project Structure

Youtube-z-speed-toggle/
├── manifest.json   # Chrome extension configuration (Manifest V3)
├── content.js      # Key listener & playback speed controller
├── icon.png        # Extension icon
└── README.md       # Documentation

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🛠️ Customization

Want to add your own speed presets (e.g. 2.5x or 3x)? Open content.js and edit the speeds array:

const speeds = [1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3];

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