Picture in Picture
The fastest picture-in-picture keyboard shortcut
The quickest way to float a video is not a menu — it's a single key combination. With Picture in Picture, that combination is Alt + P.
What Alt+P does
- Press Alt + P while a video plays — it pops out into a floating window on top of everything.
- Press Alt + P again — it goes back into its tab, right where you left it.
It's a toggle, so you don't need to remember two different actions. No mouse, no right-clicking, no hunting for a button. On a Mac, the default combination is ⌘ + Shift + P.
One shortcut, every site
Install once and Alt + P works the same on YouTube, Netflix, lectures, and anywhere else a video plays.
Add to Chrome — it's freeHow to change the shortcut
Prefer a different combination? You can remap it in Chrome:
- Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in your address bar.
- Find Picture in Picture in the list.
- Click the shortcut field and press the new keys you want.
This is also where to look if Alt + P stops working — another extension may have claimed the same combination.
Why a shortcut beats the menu
Chrome's built-in picture-in-picture is buried behind a double right-click and doesn't appear on every site. A keyboard shortcut is faster, consistent, and works even on players that block the right-click menu.