User scripts for Stack Exchange sites that modify the site's behavior in the web browser. These scripts usually run in IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari.
Autonavigate/autocomment “close/flag offtopic” for MSO
On MSO, there are plenty of questions that should be on SO asked every day. The procedure with dealing with these is: Copy-paste boilerplate comment saying "This belongs on SO blah". Alternative…
Copy Question Link Markdown - Making it easier to copy links to questions!
This small UserScript makes it easier to copy the URL of the current question into pre-formatted Markdown. Once installed, it adds a 'copy' link to the question. License MIT License Download ht…
Reply links in comments--lazy version
Derivative of this script Some people are too lazy to type out full usernames in @replies, and they don't use the autocomplete either. This script is for these guys--it leaves the job of being l…
Bring back the accounts tab
The accounts tab has been removed from all SE sites. Here's how to get it back for those of you with muscle memory: Installation Click to install (Chrome or Firefox+Greasemonkey only) Source cod…
Better handling of indentation and the TAB key when editing posts
This user script changes the behavior of a few keys (most notably the Tab key) within the post editor to behave more like it does in IDEs or text editors
More Stars - Userscript that frees up room so you can see more starred messages
Since I've never written a GreaseMonkey script before, I borrowed heavily from this script and basically played around with it until I got what I wanted. So credit to them for helping me get there.…
Add keyboard shortcuts to comments
Adds Ctrl+B (bold), Ctrl+I (italic), Ctrl+K (code), and Ctrl+L (link) shortcuts to comments.
Color Tags Script
This script allows you to colour tags for whatever reason you may have, i wrote it for fun after seeing a certain question on meta. The script adds a subsection called Color Mapping in the Favorite…
StackScraper - export questions as JSON or HTML
Adds download options to Stack Exchange questions.
Remove Delete-Favourite-Tag-Buttons Script
To help people not accidentally delete them, especially the short ones. (Also see the cause to get them removed permanentely) Sorry to not provide a file for download but i am sure you will manag…
BrickJax: Brick Image Replacement for Bricks.StackExchange.com
A script that will allow users to easily insert images of Bricks, with or without links, and also links to sets on various listings sites via simple tags.
Stack Exchange Post Editor - Performing Basic Corrections on Posts Automatically
This script was originally inspired by SE Editor Toolkit. Unfortunately, the toolkit is packaged as a Safari extension and as such is unusable in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. I had written a PHP scr…
So Time Mah Betas Userscript, displays the length of Area 51 public betas
Shows the length of Area 51 betas
Stack Apps Listing Wizard - Making it easier to list your application right here on Stack Apps
Listing an application here on Stack Apps can be a lot of work. First you have to visit this question and copy the markdown. Some of those fields don't apply to UserScripts and some don't apply for…
Voice Search - Search Stack Exchange sites with your voice.
Does text-based searching frustrate you? Does the idea of commanding your browser to search for a phrase sound like fun? If so, this script may be for you. Just install it, click the little microph…
Collapse Header Script
Only shows the logo and main menu on mouse-over on the grey top bar. (The initial collapse is instantaneous, whether it should be animated or not may be a matter of preference.) Sorry to not provi…
Display a clock in the user bar
This user script adds a clock on the user bar next to the search box.
Clear Chat - Clears all of the messages in the chat window.
Ever wish you could simply clear all of the messages from the chat window (similar to a terminal)? Well now you can with this UserScript! Simply install it using the link below and click the clear …
SO Live! Chat Edition. — live updates to your reputation score, while chatting
Avid chatter? This version of SO Live announces reputation updates as they happen at the top of every Stack Exchange chat. (Only reputation updates from the site that "sponsors" the room are shown.)
StackExchange Theme Switcher
Inspired by this post. Now you too can enjoy the satisfaction of switching SE's themes at will like the devs do, albeit this affects your browser only: This creates a dropdown at the bottom of t…
Show Post Score Breakdown Early Script
Allows you to click the vote score and get the break-down just like with the established user privilege. This script does not use the data API but extracts votes from the timeline pages (which make…
StackPlonk: plonk users you don't want to help anymore
GreaseMonkey script allowing to plonk a user you don't want to help anymore
Preview and Text Entry Switcher - Now you can have the preview on top!
Now you can have the preview display above the text entry area simply by installing this small UserScript.
Moderator Annotated User Recent Activity Watch List
Gives moderators the ability to see the activity timeline of recently annotated users directly from the moderator dashboard, without having to go to the user's profile page.
Frequent Message Manager - Easily store and send frequently used messages in chat?
Never waste time trying to find a frequently used message in chat again! This script stores, recalls, and manages commonly used messages for your convenience.
Stack Overflow UI Translation via Greasemonkey
What is it? Why this project? Every so often, somebody asks on meta "can we allow foreign language contributions to StackOverflow" and a huge debate ensues. However, once upon a time, somebody ob…
Country Flag Tags - See mini-country flags next to tags on Money.SE
Now you can have mini-flags next to all of the country tags on the Money Stack Exchange site. Just install this UserScript and tiny flags will show up next to tags for countries, states, etc.
Live Home Page - Never touch the refresh button on the home page of a Stack Exchange site again!
Live Home page is a simple script that continually updates the home page of any Stack Exchange site with new questions and activity.
Shows a link to the review page in the top link bar
A super simple script that adds a review link to the top link bar. Download install script or view source Platform Has been tested with greasemonkey/Firefox on Mac OS X SnowLeopard and Windows …
Infinite Scrolling - [Never Click Another Page Number Again!]
Infinite Scrolling gives you the ability to continue scrolling through multiple pages of answers without ever loading another page. Answers are automatically appended to the current page.
Convert Ctrl-space to non-break-space (for FL&U)
This is a mini-script to convert Ctrl+Space to a non-break-space (0x160, not ). You can copy-paste the code below (if you want to change the includes, for example), or check out the gist…
Click to expand code regions
Script that allows you to click code regions on stack overflow (or other stack exchange sites) and have it expand to whatever size it needs. Get rid of those pesky scroll bars!
Bold and colorful area tags
This script is written for cstheory.SE and MathOverflow. It modifies the way the area tags (tags having . in their names) are displayed. The script is based on Hexadecimal user rep. Download: In…
Display absolute timestamps (in local time)
Converts relative timestamps on StackOverflow to absolute, localized timestamps.
Fitts's Law Favourite Tags Script
For people like myself who fail at hitting things or just want to hit them faster (i use this in combination with the delete button removal script) Sorry to not provide a file for download but i a…
Favourite Tags Numerical Keyboard Shortcuts Script
Another short and simple script, it adds numerical keyboard shortcuts to the favourite tags. Only works on those pages which have the favourite tags on them. The default modifier is Alt but the boo…
Greasemonkey Script: Show all results from a search, even if they would be hidden by your ignored tags
greasemonkey script to make it so no questions are hidden based on their tags when you are searching I'm currently ignoring the Perl tag because I don't know anything about it, but occasional I wa…
Stack Exchange Side-By-Side Edit and Preview
The Stack Exchange Side-By-Side Editor adds a link to your edit toolbar to enter side-by-side editing mode. Creates a window with just the edit text area and the markdown preview next to each other.
Manual Draft Save - Save a draft on demand
This small script adds a save button to the editor bar that allows you to instantly save the contents of the editor as a draft. Although this happens automatically every minute or so, now you can f…
Show/Hide spoilers on any site
Show and hide the spoilers on any Stack Exchange site
Collapse interesting and ignored tags sections!
Are you annoyed by to large interesting/ignored tags sections? I've created a user script to collapsing it! Stack Ignore Collapse .user.js
Code Golf UserScript Enhancement Pack
This small UserScript is designed to enhance the Code Golf SE site by making it easier to see the length of each entry and the current winner as far as smallest code size goes. As the script grew …
Disable enter for submitting comments
This user script disables the default behavior of the enter key submitting a comment. With this script installed, you must explicitly click the Add Comment button to submit your comment. Source …
SE Chat Modifications — Keyboard navigation and commands for chat
Make chat even more awesome by adding in extensible commands and keyboard navigation
Unhide the Ignored Tags Hider
This is a simple Greasemonkey script which unhides the checkbox which allows you to hide questions with ignored tags.
Auto-completion of user name for @-replies in comments
Enables auto-completion of username in comments
GM Script: Revert changes to Unanswered Questions Box
If you are like me and think that the new styling for unanswered question drastically hurts the site's usability, rejoice. I've created a Greasemonkey script which will return unanswered questions…
