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Quickly switch videos between YouTube, Piped, Invidious and Chat Replay.

Features

The features described here will only work on YouTube, Piped (default is piped.video), Invidious (default is yewtu.be), and Chat Replay.

• Right click a web page while watching a video to reveal a context menu that allows you to; open the video in an alternative front-end while replacing the current tab, or open the video in an alternative front-end while creating a new tab.
• Right click a video link (e.g. YouTube thumbnail) to choose an alternative front-end to open the video in (creates a new tab).

The Piped and Invidious instances can be configured about:addons -> YouTube Alternative Switch -> Preferences.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The keyboard shortcuts will only work while watching a video on YouTube, Piped, Invidious, or Chat Replay.

Create New Tab:

• Ctrl+Alt+Y - Open Current Tab in New YouTube Tab.
• Ctrl+Alt+P - Open Current Tab in New Piped Tab.
• Ctrl+Alt+I - Open Current Tab in New Invidious Tab.
• Ctrl+Alt+C - Open Current Tab in New Chat Replay Tab.

Replace Current Tab:

• Shift+Alt+Y - Switch Current Tab to YouTube.
• Shift+Alt+P - Switch Current Tab to Piped.
• Shift+Alt+I - Switch Current Tab to Invidious.
• Shift+Alt+C - Switch Current Tab to Chat Replay.

The keyboard shortcuts can be changed in about:addons -> Manage Extension Shortcuts.