How to restrict Google Chrome from control of media keys

Konstantin Dokuchaev
Konstantin Dokuchaev
How to restrict Google Chrome from control of media keys

In the latest versions of Google Chrome added support of media keys. Now when you press the video or audio control buttons on the keyboard nothing happens, because the browser intercepts it.

In the latest versions of Google Chrome added support of media keys. Now when you press the video or audio control buttons on the keyboard nothing happens, because the browser intercepts it.

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It's very simple to fix this behavior. Open this url chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling , and then click Disabled:

Restart the browser. Now Chrome is no longer intercepts the media keys.



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