Puzzle Fans

Skip Songs Without Leaving Your Work While solving puzzles

Change tracks with a keystroke, not a window switch.

💡 Overview

A bad song at the wrong time is a small tax on concentration. Leaving a puzzle tab to change a song is tedious.

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 Puzzle Fans

Long puzzles pair well with steady background music.

The problem: Leaving a puzzle tab to change a song is tedious.

The fix: Keep the Web Player in one pinned tab and never leave the puzzle.

🚀 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

  • Shortcut profiles: Standard, one-handed WASD, compact Alt+arrows and function-key presets.
  • Dynamic album-art backdrops: A blurred, color-adaptive background drawn from the current artwork, in dark or light theme.
  • Four default hotkeys: Shift+Alt+Up toggles play and pause, Right skips, Left goes back and Down pauses only.
TaskSwitching tabsSpotify-Web Playback Controller
Focus impactContext switch every timeYour work window keeps focus
Resource useA full tab in the foregroundObserver-based, near-zero overhead
Volume changeOpen the tab, drag a sliderScroll the mouse wheel over the popup
ScopeAny app, any tabSpotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only

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 solving puzzles. Keep the Web Player in one pinned tab and never leave the puzzle.