Control Netflix in your browser with a gamepad or controller using this Chrome extension.
Add Netflix Controller to your browser here, then open Netflix and press a button on your controller to load the plugin.
- Navigate Netflix using a controller
- Control the video player
- Search for media using virtual keyboard
- See current actions in the hints bar at the bottom of the viewport
- Choose options when watching interactive media like Black Mirror Bandersnatch
- Choose your button icons (Xbox 360 / Xbox One / PS3 / PS4)
- Test your gamepad mapping in the browser icon popup
- Customize your experience in the extension options
Action | Xbox | Playstation |
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Play / Pause | ![]() |
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Mute | ![]() |
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Fullscreen | ![]() |
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Go Back | ![]() |
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Volume Up | ![]() |
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Volume Down | ![]() |
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Jump 10s | ![]() |
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Jump Back 10s | ![]() |
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Skip Intro | ![]() |
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Next Episode | ![]() |
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- Firefox/Edge support (convert manifests, fullscreen action)
- Continue mapping navigation controls to additional page elements (such as other jawbone options)
- Support non-standard gamepad mappings / offer way to configure mappings
- Configure right joystick to control a virtual mouse
- Dual action hints for action pairs like volume up/down
- CSS classes for content outlines
- Fix visual bug that occurs on some billboard MyList buttons
- Scale bottom bar elements according to page size
- Hide jump 10s actions when unavailable, such as in Bandersnatch (player class
preplay
?) - Identify interactive videos and only apply related settings/observers if needed
- Fix bug where search page handler does not finish loading until keyboard is closed when only one character has been entered into the search bar
- Organize page handler logic such that navigatables have clean access to the enclosing page handler
- Add additional styling to jawbone buttons to better indicate the selected option
- Use mutation observers or parse CSS transitions instead of using static timing in slider timeouts
- Fix bug where jawbone changes due to removing from my list the title with an open jawbone
- Show video controls when in fullscreen mode
- Add remaining jawbone pane types
- Auto skip intro
- pseudo:styler - A module that allows for forcing an element to be styled with a pseudo-class.
- Gamepads.js - A module for tracking Gamepads and events pertaining to their usage.
- Chrome Live Storage - A module that provides
chrome.storage
data as native JavaScript objects that automatically synchronize between all extension views (background, content scripts, popups, options, etc.). - Xbox controller image courtesy of http://gamepadviewer.com/
- Project icons courtesy of https://material.io/icons/ and https://iconfu.com.
- Many thanks to Tyler Sedlar for creating pseudo:styler and for letting me bounce ideas off of him throughout development of this project.
Version | Date | Changes |
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1.0.5 | October 25, 2020 | Updated the fullscreen action in the video player to remove the debugger popup message. |
1.0.4 | July 25, 2020 | Fixed the title panel handler. |
1.0.3 | June 3, 2020 | Fixed the billboard handler and added support for the latest page. |
1.0.2 | March 21, 2020 | Fixed crashing at the end of episodes in a playlist and added support for the top 10 slider. |
1.0.1 | January 27, 2020 | Updated gamepads.js to fix Chrome support. |
1.0.0 | June 28, 2019 | Initial release. |