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Figured I'd cobble together a quick-n-dirty greasemonkey/tapermonkey script to slighly modify the CSS to feel a little more like old.reddit with RES. Still not quite as compact as I'd like, but it's getting there.
**edit/update: **
- I've created a more aggressive and tighter CSS formatting script here: https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/blob/main/old.reddit
- I'll update all future versions on github, rather than re-editing this post over and over.
- This is primarily for HD widescreen/desktop.
- Please suggest/make edits as you like.
changelog
- All future versions on github: https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/
- v0.4 - reformatted to remove greater-than signs; added observer to catch and reformat new comments;
- v0.3 - added script to move the comment collapse button to be in front of user name (thanks @DarkwingDuck); tightened up the code, removed unneeded function call.
- v0.2 - modified to work on any lemmy instance (thank you, God!)
// ==UserScript==
// @name Lemmy to Old.Reddit Re-format (Observer)
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 0.4
// @description Reformat widescreen desktop to look more like Reddit
// @author mershed_perderders, DarkwingDuck
// @match https://*/*
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
var isLemmy = document.head.querySelector("[name~=Description][content]").content === "Lemmy";
function GM_addStyle(css) {
const style = document.getElementById("GM_addStyleBy8626") || (function() {
const style = document.createElement('style');
style.type = 'text/css';
style.id = "GM_addStyleBy8626";
document.head.appendChild(style);
return style;
})();
const sheet = style.sheet;
sheet.insertRule(css, (sheet.rules || sheet.cssRules || []).length);
}
function MoveCommentCollapseButton(container) {
var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector(".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector(".mr-2");
//-- Swap last to first.
container.insertBefore(firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
}
function ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(element) {
const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutationsList) {
for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
for (let addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
if (addedNode.matches('.d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small')) {
MoveCommentCollapseButton(addedNode);
}
}
}
}
});
observer.observe(element, { childList: true, subtree: true });
}
//Lemmy to old.Reddit style reformats (to be used for custom stylesheet at a later date)
if (isLemmy) {
GM_addStyle(".container-fluid, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl { margin-right: unset !important; margin-left: unset !important;}");
GM_addStyle(".container, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl { max-width: 100% !important; }");
GM_addStyle(".col-md-4 { flex: 0 0 20% !important; max-width: 20%; }");
GM_addStyle(".col-md-8 { flex: 0 0 80% !important; max-width: 80%; }");
GM_addStyle(".col-sm-2 { flex: 0 0 9% !important; max-width: 10%; }");
GM_addStyle(".col-1 { flex: 0 0 4% !important; max-width: 5%; }");
GM_addStyle(".mb-2, .my-2 { margin-bottom: 0.3rem !important; }");
GM_addStyle(".mb-3, .my-3 { margin-bottom: .2rem !important; }");
GM_addStyle(".mt-3, .my-3 { margin-top: .2rem !important; }");
GM_addStyle(".thumbnail { min-height: 100px; max-height: 125px; }");
GM_addStyle(".vote-bar { margin-top: 15px !important; }");
GM_addStyle(".comments { margin-left: 20px; }");
// Move comment collapse buttons for existing elements
var divList = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
divList.forEach(MoveCommentCollapseButton);
// Apply MoveCommentCollapseButton to dynamically loaded elements
ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(document.documentElement);
}
})();
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for special children like me, how do we use such a thing? I'm guessing a browser plugin of some sort?
Thanks for taking the effort to make this place feel like our old, abusive, but still comfortable, home. :)
Yeah, so this relies on a browser extension called Tampermonkey (or greasemonkey depending on your browser).
You install the extension, then create a "new script" and paste in the code above. Then save, refresh the page, and Bob's your uncle (or Betty's your aunt)!
Also Violentmonkey. Tampermonkey is the least desirable AFAIK because it's closed source.
Yeah, I personally use violentmonkey, but its usershare is a lot less than grease or tamper. Fortunately, this script "should" work with any of them...
I don't know how to use it but greasemonkey is a browser extension, I assume it lets you run scripts and this is a script for it.
Yep, you need either tampermonkey or grease monkey extensions for your browser.