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Skip Songs Without Leaving Your Work While cooking with a laptop on the counter

Change tracks with a keystroke, not a window switch.

💡 Overview

A bad song at the wrong time is a small tax on concentration. Touching the trackpad with messy hands to change a song is a small disaster.

Next and previous track are bound to Shift+Alt+Right and Shift+Alt+Left by default. The extension passes the command to the Web Player in the background, so the song changes while your work window keeps focus. There is no flash of another tab and no lost cursor position.

🧭 A Day of Home Cooks

Your hands are wet, floury or busy, and your laptop shows a recipe.

The problem: Touching the trackpad with messy hands to change a song is a small disaster.

The fix: Use a single key combination with a clean knuckle rather than hunting for a tab with the mouse.

🚀 Try It in Three Steps

  1. Press Shift+Alt+Right the moment a track stops helping.
  2. Press Shift+Alt+Left to jump back to the previous track.
  3. Use the popup if you want to see the track and artwork before choosing.

✨ What You Get

  • Local focus analytics: Daily and weekly focus time, a seven-day chart and top artists and tracks, all stored on your device.
  • Floating mini-player: Popup with play, pause, next, previous, shuffle, repeat, seek and a Liked Songs toggle.
  • Mouse-wheel volume: Scroll over the player for fine volume steps, plus one-tap mute memory.
TaskSwitching tabsSpotify-Web Playback Controller
ScopeAny app, any tabSpotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only
PrivacyDepends on the toolNo credentials collected, local analytics
Resource useA full tab in the foregroundObserver-based, near-zero overhead
Volume changeOpen the tab, drag a sliderScroll the mouse wheel over the popup

Note: it works with the Spotify Web Player at open.spotify.com only, and does not control the desktop app.

📸 See It in Action

Spotify-Web Playback Controller mini-player

Mini-Player

Spotify-Web Playback Controller dashboard

Dashboard

Spotify-Web Playback Controller keyboard shortcuts

Shortcuts

Control Spotify Without Leaving Your Work

Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

No. The command runs in the background, so your active window stays exactly where it is.

Yes. Shift+Alt+Left is bound to the previous track by default.

It can be if you spend your day cooking with a laptop on the counter. Use a single key combination with a clean knuckle rather than hunting for a tab with the mouse.