Youtube Description Preview

Provides a unobtrusive description preview under youtube video thumbnails.

What is Youtube Description Preview?

Youtube Description Preview is a Chrome extension developed by despreview, and its main feature is "Provides a unobtrusive description preview under youtube video thumbnails.".

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Download Youtube Description Preview Extension CRX File

Download Youtube Description Preview extension files in crx format, manually install Chrome extensions in the browser, or share the crx files with friends to easily install Chrome extensions.

Extension Usage Instructions

                        On YouTube click the "+" button to get a preview of the description of the video. 

Change the text that shows and hides the description preview to whatever you want it to be by clicking on the description preview icon in chrome when on youtube.com.

View full descriptions with API implementation. Create your own API key (directions here: https://github.com/despreview/Youtube-Description-Preview) and view full descriptions on videos before you click on them. 

Note: This feature requires that you make your own API key due to restrictions. You can still get a small preview of the description without an API key.

Permissions:
declarativeContent: Needed to detect if you're on youtube.com.
storage: Used to store the users choice for the view description and hide description text. 
hostPermissions: Used to run script that provides all functionality for when the user visits YouTube.                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Youtube Description Preview Youtube Description Preview
ID hhflgmacocoimdkagpaifcmhdbgnnmii
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/youtube-description-previ/hhflgmacocoimdkagpaifcmhdbgnnmii
Description Provides a unobtrusive description preview under youtube video thumbnails.
File Size 140 KB
Installation Count 126
Current Version 1.601
Last Updated 2024-03-03
Publish Date 2020-09-30
Rating 5.00/5 Total 5 Ratings
Developer despreview
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Help Page URL https://forms.gle/XxvcSZfafEbHbsZy8
Privacy Policy Page URL https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/93351a24-de7c-4338-beeb-6c077eebcee8
Supported Languages en
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "name": "Youtube Description Preview",
    "version": "1.601",
    "description": "Provides a unobtrusive description preview under youtube video thumbnails.",
    "permissions": [
        "declarativeContent",
        "storage"
    ],
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.youtube.com\/*"
            ],
            "js": [
                "contentScript.js"
            ],
            "css": [
                "myStyles.css"
            ],
            "run_at": "document_end"
        }
    ],
    "background": {
        "service_worker": "background.js"
    },
    "web_accessible_resources": [
        {
            "resources": [
                "contentScript.js",
                "images\/View.png",
                "image\/Hide.png"
            ],
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.youtube.com\/*"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "action": {
        "default_popup": "popup.html",
        "default_icon": {
            "16": "images\/DP16.png",
            "32": "images\/DP32.png",
            "48": "images\/DP48.png",
            "128": "images\/DP128.png"
        }
    },
    "icons": {
        "16": "images\/DP16.png",
        "32": "images\/DP32.png",
        "48": "images\/DP48.png",
        "128": "images\/DP128.png"
    },
    "manifest_version": 3
}