Questions tagged [script]
Use this tag to post a userscript that operates on Stack Exchange sites and/or uses the Stack Exchange API. For questions about user scripting and Stack Exchange, or its API, use the [scripts] tag instead. Scripts are usually JavaScript and usually browser extensions/userscripts. For other tools, the [app] tag may be more appropriate.
Review Queue Desktop Notification Script
This Script will make it so that you are notified on the Desktop whenever new reviews are available, as long as you have a review tab open. How to use Install Tampermonkey (Chrome) or GreaseMonkey…
Stack Overflow link expander in Google Search
This userscript detects links to Stack Overflow when you Google something and shows the accepted/most-voted answer directly in the search page! From: To: To install, you'll need a userscri…
Show/Hide spoilers on any question (and its answers)
Allows per-question toggling of spoiler blocks
Replacing identicons with face-like avatars
This is a tiny script replacing identicons on SE sites with face-like avatars provided by Gravatar. Available as a Chrome extension, and as a source file below. var i, t, images = document.getE…
View full image sizes on click
Inspired by a meta question, here's a script that makes every image in a post also open itself at full size in a new window/tab when clicked. It will ignore any images already manually linked. Pl…
undercurrent - a few tweaks to the user interface of Stack Overflow
A Google Chrome extension for disabling some of the less attractive UI features on StackOverflow.
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hDe8n.png ""Toggle vote history" button on the timeline")
"Toggle vote history" button on the timeline
Description Adds a "Toggle vote history" button to the timeline, which toggles visibility of vote events. Inspired by a feature-request on Meta Stack Exchange—Add a way to hide …
Links to Contributor Breakdown in stackoverflow documentation
A small userscript to insert links to the newly public "Contributor Breakdown" page for SO-Documentation's Topics and Examples. The script inserts a small hyperlink with text "CB&quo…
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JF3zE.png "Retract flags from the "Flagged Posts for [User]" page")
Retract flags from the "Flagged Posts for [User]" page [closed]
Description In response to a feature-request on Meta Stack Overflow: Allow retracting flags on deleted posts even if you can't view deleted posts, I created a userscript which allows you to retrac…
Stack Overflow app for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 and Android
About Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 don't have a Stack Overflow app and I would like to create one for both the platforms. Aim: To create an app that can be used to browse through the questions…
Blur the topbar’s background
This stylesheet will make the background of the topbar show a blurred version of the contents below it. Note that I was unable to make the search box transparent (the icon was invisible), and I cou…
Webmotes :: With Stack Exchange Site Linking Support
Icons for stack exchange!
Direct Question Edit Links
This script adds an edit link to the question summary, saving frequent editors the trouble of "entering" the question first. Adjust includes as needed: // ==UserScript== // @name Direct…
Stack Exchange Editor Extra: a userscript to add extra features to the Markdown Editor
Stack Exchange Editor Extra A userscript which adds extra features to the default SE Markdown Editor. Extra features: Insert code with Ace Editor (alt + a) Find & Replace (with modifiers) (…
Stackoverflow.com Enhancer (sticky top bars)
Makes the grey Stack Exchange bar and a shrunken logo bar sticky to the top of the window.
Here's a script to convert dates to local timezone in Stack Exchange sites
I have written this script: StackExchange sites - convert dates to local timezone . It applies to Stack Exchange sites, e.g. : stackoverflow.com, stackexchange.com, superuser.com, etc. The timezon…
Magic Links Enhancer
This userscript adds a way to quickly link to posts, help pages, privileges and links across the Stack Exchange sites. It uses @M'vy's idea of having a basic format of [SITE:type:id], and works th…
StackExchange MathJax Editing Improvements
This script is designed to improve the user experience while editing posts that include mathematical notation using MathJax. The editing code has not kept up with updates to MathJax, and so a numb…
Smoke the SmokeDetector
SmokeTheSmokeDetector Over in Tavern on the Meta, our spam detector, SmokeDetector has been the topic of an ongoing argument between those who believe SmokeDetector fills the chatroom, and those wh…
Turbocharged Help Menu
Convert the Help menu into an utility menu. Most items are removed and you can add as many as you want. The menu stays the same across the network and profile links are site sensitive.
Export BibleGatway page content in markdown format
Description When browsing Bible Gateway show a textinput field with a markdown formatted copy of the current page for easy copy/paste into SE questions and answers. This is especially useful for u…
Badge oneboxer for chat
This script makes it possible for badges to onebox in Chat. Example format: that's a [badge:nice-answer] on a powershell bountied question The only somewhat custom one you can use is Strunk &…
Show each user's percentile in rep leagues
I've written a userscript to implement the request from Can the stack exchange league tables show percent as well as rank?. Runs in Greasemonkey and probably others. Install Show Rep League Percen…
Tag Health: A question quality widget
Tag Health monitors the question quality of a given set of tags on a Stack Exchange site with a sample of about 500 most recent questions.
SmokePreview - A chat addon for the SmokeDetector
SmokePreview A Greasemonkey script to add a preview to chat messages of the SmokeDetector. Messages which are deleted while loading the preview will get a opacity of 50% to make clear that this is …
Make your own custom "magic links" for comments!
There are loads of feature requests on Meta for adding specific 'magic links' to comments. (links that expand, eg. [edit] -> [edit](/posts/id/edit)). So I made a userscript that allows you to crea…
Review Audit Detector
Motivated by the question Would a userscript to determine whether a review is an audit be illegal, I wrote a userscript for this purpose. The algorithm is as follows: If the post score shown in r…
View questions & answers inline from any comment or post! [duplicate]
This userscript adds small arrows next to links to posts on the same site. Clicking them will cause a box to be added below, containing the actual post! Just like it does in the profile 'actions' t…
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NrB8s.png "Add a "Random" Option for Sorting Answers")
Add a "Random" Option for Sorting Answers
This is a userscript (for Greasemonkey, Tampermonkey, etc.) for sorting answers to posts randomly, like so: This feature was requested in connection with the Stack Overflow Fall 2015 Moderator Ele…
Underlined post links
Underlines all links in questions, answers and comments on all Stack Exchange sites.
Bookmarklet to show deleted messages in chat
The following bookmarklet lets mods and room owners see deleted messages in chat and chat transcripts. Useful for when a lot of messages have been deleting and picking through the ruins is proving …
Freehand Circles Drawing Tool
A userscript that lets you draw directly onto images on any Stack Exchange site to add freehand drawings :)
Inline editor regardless of reputation
The following simple script provides an ability to edit any posts inline regardless of reputation (works if logged out also). Download / view code Screenshot from there:
SE Comment Preview - An attempt to add real-time previewing for comments
This script creates a new live preview directly beneath any comment you compose or edit. When writing a comment with a lot of formatting, especially one containing some mathematical formulas, I of…
I don't want to be a mod
Ever earned the privilege "Access to moderator tools" and not really wanted it? A stylesheet for hiding deleted answers, as well as the review queue. For use with stylish. Customise to include the…
Chat Dark Theme Plus
Work in progress theme for StackExchange chats, also includes 'plugins' for additional features. Features include: Inline webm/gifv User colours code-mode (see here) activated with Ctrl + K…
StackExchange Google Search
Google questions if query begins with "gq:" and user profiles if query begins with "gu:".
Roomba-VTZ (Vote-to-zero)
This user script collects the voting widgets for a question and its answers, and presents them at the top of the post for convenient and quick voting. The voting widgets will appear only on questi…
Minimize chat input area − remove links and site logo, no auto width
Chat input area background takes up all the horizontal space it can get. It's time to stop this greedy nonsense! This script removes the width:auto rule and hides the site's logo and links at the r…
Timestamps with a day
Another script inspired by a meta question, this will prepend an abbreviated day name to all mouseover UTC timestamps. This script requires Greasemonkey on Firefox and Tampermonkey on Chrome. Othe…
Show number of answers accepted
Shows the acceptance rate details beside the user's acceptance rate.
Github link oneboxer for Chat
Oneboxes links to Github repos, issues or pull requests in Chat This userscript will automatically detect new and existing messages in chat that link to Github and onebox them, just like it is done…
StackOverflow-Steroids - A Chrome extension to introduce (and test) new features on Stack Overflow faster
I've previously complained about the bad usability that Stack Exchange sites can have and created a Chrome extension to help test possible fixes. It did not attract much attention. Now I've added …
Icons for favorite tags
I have a lot of tags in my "favorite tags" and it got to the point where they span across like five lines, and it was just too bulky for my liking. So, I made a user-script that replaces the text l…
Moderator links
Adds some extra links to posts and userpages for convenience For a userpage, all links from the "info" mod menu, except "privileges" is displayed along in the "mod"/&q…
Stack Exchange Desktop Notifications
Below is a copy of http://shu8.github.io/SE_Notifications/: Stack Exchange Notifications This userscript will make HTML5 notifications popup when something happens on a question that you have ope…