Shortcut for hold down the trackpad permanently

Hello,
to increase the playback speed in the Safari.app on YouTube, you have to hold down the trackpad permanently.
Is there any way to simulate this with a keyboard shortcut and switch it on and off?
Thank you.

Is it to simple, or to tricky? :laughing:

I think I might not fully understand (not a very active youtube user :-)), how do I change the playback speed by holding down the trackpad?

Maybe something like this? (Using the predefined action "Custom Mouse Buttons & Modifiers"?
This example would hold the left mouse for two seconds:

Alternatively there is a Safari extension called "Accelerate" that allows to use keyboard shortcuts for this.

YouTube also already supports keyboard shortcuts for playback speed: Shift + < and Shift + > to reduce and increase playback speed respectively.

The only problem with this method v/s keeping the trackpad clicked held down is that it doesn't toggle between 1x and 2x but rather goes up by a step of .25x i.e 1x -> 1.25x -> 1.5x -> 1.75x -> 2x. And same way when doing down. You can probably use BTT's Cycle though multiple actions action to trigger the shortcut 3 times to get the same effect as holding the trackpad down and reverse it when pressing the same shortcut again.

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