What is Video Mouse Hider?

Video Mouse Hider is a Chrome extension developed by xiferdev, and its main feature is "Hides your mouse when idle over videos.".

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Download Video Mouse Hider Extension CRX File

Download Video Mouse Hider 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

This extension hides your mouse when idle over videos. YouTube™ and HBO Max and others have this built-in already.

Supported Websites:
✔ Hulu
✔ Vimeo
✔ Dailymotion
✔ and many more

You can also set a keyboard shortcut to manually hide the cursor (hovering over video or fullscreen not required).

Contact me if there's a specific website you'd like me to add specific timeout settings for. By default the idle time is set to 2 seconds after the last mouse movement. YouTube, for example, has a 4 second idle time so that the mouse hides when for the player interface gets hidden too.

⚠️ Troubleshooting and Notes:
▸ It appears that Chrome extensions that hide the mouse cursor require the mouse to be moved after the pages loads. I haven't found a way around this.
▸ Some website video players resist cursor hiding. I found a work-around for fullscreen videos but I'm not aware of a solution when videos are not fullscreen.

Want to zoom, rotate, stretch or flip video?
Check out another extension of mine, Video Transformer:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cafdfogfbjpgdmppmdchgcggdepfbndo

Changelog:
1.0.1 (2022-09-09):
▸ possible bugfix for manual shortcut
▸ improved icon size for extension page

1.0:
▸ first version!

Extension Basic Information

Name	Video Mouse Hider
ID	nmoomabnbphlcgjghcagjfkildcmpigi
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/video-mouse-hider/nmoomabnbphlcgjghcagjfkildcmpigi
Description	Hides your mouse when idle over videos.
File Size	13.72 KB
Installation Count	130
Current Version	1.0.1
Last Updated	2022-09-13
Publish Date	2022-09-02
Developer	xiferdev
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
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