Hey folks! I hope you're having a lovely day. I was using the "Lemmings fix" by @[email protected] for a while now and have been improving it to tailor my needs.
This one
- works even when browsing remote instances on remote instances
- adds the redirect button to the "sidebar"/community card
- works on mobile, too
Here are a couple of screenshots:
Here's the code (modify localLemmy
before using):
// ==UserScript==
// @name Lemmings Fix
// @version 1.1
// @description Redirect to your local Lemmy instance
// @author @lemmy.world/u/soy, @lemmy.world/u/fperson
// @match https://*/c/*
// @icon https://join-lemmy.org/static/assets/icons/favicon.svg
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
'use strict';
const localLemmy = 'lemmy.world';
const isLemmy = document.head.querySelector('[name~=Description][content]').content === 'Lemmy';
if (!isLemmy) {
return;
}
// Get URL info
const splitUrl = location.href.split('/');
const instanceUrl = splitUrl[2];
const community = splitUrl[4];
let localizedUrl = `https://${localLemmy}/c/${community}`;
if (!community.includes('@')) {
localizedUrl = `${localizedUrl}@${instanceUrl}`;
}
// Create redirect button if not on local
if (instanceUrl !== localLemmy) {
var zNode = document.createElement('a'); // create anchor tag
zNode.href = localizedUrl; // set the href
zNode.textContent = `Open in ${localLemmy}`; // set the text
zNode.id = 'localizeContainer'; // set the id
// update styles for a more modern look
zNode.style = `
display: inline-block;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 5px 20px;
background-color: #007BFF;
color: #FFF;
text-decoration: none;
border-radius: 5px;
border: none;
box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
font-size: 1rem;
font-weight: bold;
transition: background-color 0.3s ease;
top: 5rem;
right: 1rem;
z-index: 1000;
`;
zNode.addEventListener('mouseenter', function () {
this.style.backgroundColor = '#0056b3';
});
zNode.addEventListener('mouseleave', function () {
this.style.backgroundColor = '#007BFF';
});
function addButtonIfNotPresent(node) {
const link = node.querySelector('a[href*="/create_post"]');
if (link && !link.parentNode.querySelector('#localizeContainer')) {
var zNode = document.createElement('a');
zNode.href = localizedUrl;
zNode.textContent = `Open in ${localLemmy}`;
zNode.id = 'localizeContainer';
zNode.style = `
display: inline-block;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 5px 20px;
background-color: #007BFF;
color: #FFF;
text-decoration: none;
border-radius: 5px;
border: none;
box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
font-size: 1rem;
font-weight: bold;
transition: background-color 0.3s ease;
top: 5rem;
right: 1rem;
z-index: 1000;
`;
zNode.addEventListener('mouseenter', function () {
this.style.backgroundColor = '#0056b3';
});
zNode.addEventListener('mouseleave', function () {
this.style.backgroundColor = '#007BFF';
});
link.parentNode.appendChild(zNode);
}
}
const observer = new MutationObserver(function (mutationsList, observer) {
for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
mutation.addedNodes.forEach((node) => {
if (node.nodeType === 1) {
addButtonIfNotPresent(node);
}
});
}
}
});
// Options for the observer (which mutations to observe)
const config = { childList: true, subtree: true };
// Target node to observe
const targetNode = document.body;
// Start observing the target node for configured mutations
observer.observe(targetNode, config);
// Run initial check
document.querySelectorAll('.card-body').forEach(addButtonIfNotPresent);
}
})();
Lemmy works by instances, every instance federates to every other instance in theory. So if you were to visit a post on lemmy.ml or lemmy.world, but your account is on sh.itjust.works, you kinda want to be redirected to the same post, but on your "home" instance (in this example, sh.itjust.works). That's what this UserScript is for.
Does this work for an individual or does my home instance have to add this?
It's a user script, usually you install those with browser extensions like Tampermonkey (for Firefox) or Greasemonkey (Chrome, though it may be deprecated now I haven't used Chrome in forever for privacy reasons).
The scripts are run purely locally. It's up to the individual to install them, though lemmy devs might add a feature to redirect to a preferred instance in the future, who knows ?
There’s an open-source and privacy-oriented userscript manager for Chrome(ium) called ViolentMonkey. Highly recommended using that!