Control Spotify From a Second Monitor While retouching photos
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. High-resolution files and calibrated monitors define your workspace.
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 Photographers
High-resolution files and calibrated monitors define your workspace.
The problem: Reaching for another window on a color-critical setup pulls your eyes off the image.
The fix: Use the mouse wheel on the popup for volume so your eyes can stay on the image.
🚀 Try It in Three Steps
- Move the Spotify tab to a second window or monitor.
- Pin the extension on your main window.
- Control playback from the popup or with the shortcuts.
✨ What You Get
- Floating mini-player: Popup with play, pause, next, previous, shuffle, repeat, seek and a Liked Songs toggle.
- Zero-polling design: A MutationObserver updates the UI only when the page changes, keeping CPU and memory use low.
- Sleep timer: Presets of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes with a live countdown that auto-pauses playback.
| Task | Switching tabs | Spotify-Web Playback Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Focus impact | Context switch every time | Your work window keeps focus |
| Pausing music | Find the tab, click pause, return | One keystroke |
| Volume change | Open the tab, drag a slider | Scroll the mouse wheel over the popup |
| Scope | Any app, any tab | Spotify 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
Mini-Player
Dashboard
Shortcuts
Control Spotify Without Leaving Your Work
Global-capable hotkeys, a mini-player and local-only analytics for the Spotify Web Player.
❓ 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 retouching photos. Use the mouse wheel on the popup for volume so your eyes can stay on the image.