Crafters

Control Spotify From a Second Monitor While crafting with a laptop nearby

Park the Web Player on one screen and drive it from the other.

💡 Overview

A second screen is a luxury, until it fills with windows. Hands are busy with materials and the laptop is across the table.

Because the extension talks to the Web Player tab wherever it lives, you can leave it on another monitor, or even in another Chrome window, and still control it from the popup or by hotkey. Your main window stays untouched.

🧭 A Day of Crafters

Hands are busy with materials and the laptop is across the table.

The problem: Touching a trackpad with glue or paint on your hands is a bad idea.

The fix: Use a single key combo rather than the trackpad.

🚀 Try It in Three Steps

  1. Move the Spotify tab to a second window or monitor.
  2. Pin the extension on your main window.
  3. Control playback from the popup or with the shortcuts.

✨ 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.
  • Mouse-wheel volume: Scroll over the player for fine volume steps, plus one-tap mute memory.
  • Dynamic album-art backdrops: A blurred, color-adaptive background drawn from the current artwork, in dark or light theme.
TaskSwitching tabsSpotify-Web Playback Controller
Liking a songOpen the tab, click the heartTap the heart in the popup or press L
Skipping a trackSwitch window, click next, switch backShift+Alt+Right from any window
ScopeAny app, any tabSpotify Web Player (open.spotify.com) only
Pausing musicFind the tab, click pause, returnOne keystroke

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.

Get Extension on Chrome Store

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

No. It just needs to be open in Chrome.

The extension targets the Web Player tab at open.spotify.com, wherever it is open in Chrome.

It can be if you spend your day crafting with a laptop nearby. Use a single key combo rather than the trackpad.