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Better YouTube Theater Mode

Improves YouTube's theater mode with a Twitch.tv-like design, enhancing video and chat layouts while maintaining performance and compatibility.

Installationsanleitung

Du musst eine Erweiterung wie Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey oder Violentmonkey installieren, um dieses Skript zu installieren.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

Sie müssten eine Skript Manager Erweiterung installieren damit sie dieses Skript installieren können

(Ich habe schon ein Skript Manager, Lass mich es installieren!)

Installationsanleitung

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

Autor
ElectroKnight22
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Version
3.0.2
Erstellt am
01.01.2025
Letzte Aktualisierung
01.12.2025
Größe
25,3 KB
Lizenz
MIT
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Description:

This script aims to improve the theater mode on YouTube as the default theater UX is atrocious. The goal is to copy the nicer design ideas from Twitch.tv while still maintaining YouTube's unique UI features.

This script relies minimally on setTimeouts and instead relies mostly on event listeners, making it reasonably performant. Design-wise I would like to think this is a reasonable compromise between the Twitch design and the current YouTube design, which should, and I hope, would maintain better compatibility with YouTube even without constant updating.

Features:

  • Extends the video player to the bottom of the screen in theater mode.
  • Extends the chat area all the way to the top in theater mode.
  • Makes the chat width adjustable in theater mode.
  • Fixes YouTube's fullscreen mode to work more reliably.
  • Minor UI tweaks.
  • Adds the option to allow users to move the YouTube header (search bar) below the video player.

Preview Images:

Theater Mode

Youtube Theater Mode Preview

Floating Chat (Fullscreen Mode Only)

Youtube Floating Chat Preview

Notes:

  • v1.0 would still be recommended if one wishes to use the minimal version of this script. That version is extremely light and very resistant to breaking but will lack the UI tweaks and the fancier features that got added in the later versions.
  • Tampermonkey only added dynamic menu items in version 5.4.6224, which is still in beta as of writing this. This script would fallback older Tampermonkey versions to a static menu to maintain compatibility.

Compatibility Status:

Compatibility with various devices and browsers has yet to be tested explicitly.

(Updated December 01, 2025)