I think it should be simple enough to send an event to the audio or video element, provided there's only one.
@Alkarex Do you think this should be in the core?
Hum yes, that is probably a quite small piece of code
I need that so I'll have a look at it
@mdemoss 2 years later, it's time to test the media shortcut. Test the PR and tell me if this is working properly. I've tried it myself and I am pretty pleased.