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Carousel Control

v0.2.0 Tools Coming soon

Flip through Instagram carousel posts with your keyboard. Hold Shift and use the arrow keys, no more clicking the tiny arrow for every slide.

Coming to Chrome Web Store Privacy Policy Support

What is Carousel Control?

Instagram posts with several photos or videos (carousels) need a mouse click on a small arrow for every slide. Carousel Control lets you hold a modifier key and use the arrow keys instead.

How it works

Hold Shift and press → for the next slide or ← for the previous one. Carousel Control acts on the carousel post you are looking at. Release Shift and the plain arrow keys move between posts, as before.

Prefer another modifier? Pick Option (Alt), Control or Cmd (Win), or choose any key combination you like. You can also set how much of a post must be visible before the keys act on it.

Who it’s for

Photographers and designers browsing portfolios
Keyboard users who would rather not reach for the mouse
Anyone who scrolls through a lot of carousel posts

Carousel Control is not affiliated with or endorsed by Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc.

Features

Shift and arrows: Shift+→ for the next slide, Shift+← for the previous one, on the post you are looking at
Plain arrows untouched: without the modifier the arrow keys keep doing what they always do
Your keys: Shift, Option (Alt), Control or Cmd (Win) presets, or any custom key combination
Video keys: M to mute or unmute, Space to play or pause the video on screen
Stays out of the way: shortcuts are ignored while you type in a comment or search field
Quick toggle from the toolbar popup or the icon’s right-click menu
Settings in 21 languages

What it doesn't do

Send anything to a server of ours or anyone else’s
Include analytics, tracking or an install ping
Require an account, login or sign-up
Run on any website other than instagram.com
Read your posts, messages or account details

Permissions

Every permission this extension asks for, and why it needs it.

https://www.instagram.com/*, https://instagram.com/*

The content script runs on Instagram to listen for your shortcut keys and press the carousel’s own next, previous, mute and play buttons. No other site is accessed.

storage

Saves your settings (on or off, keys, sensitivity, interface language) and a simple usage counter in chrome.storage.sync. If you use Chrome sync, Chrome syncs them between your own devices.

contextMenus

Adds “Toggle Carousel Control” to the right-click menu of the toolbar icon.

Privacy first

Carousel Control collects nothing and makes no network requests. It runs on instagram.com only, and your settings stay in Chrome's own extension storage. No account, no analytics, no server of ours involved.

Read the privacy policy →

Support

Need help with Carousel Control, found a bug, or have a feature request? Get in touch and we'll get back to you.

Help and FAQ → [email protected]