Questions tagged [script-request]
Questions about whether userscripts ([script] tag) with certain functionality exist. Some members of the community may react to these questions by creating those userscripts, should they not exist.
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Full-width stackexchange site
All the stackexchange sites are designed to take up a width of 1000px or less. Can this be expanded to have the content always try to take up all available horizontal space?
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Request for user script to calculate Wilson confidence ratings for posts
I came across the following blog post on the Internet recently: How Not to Sort by Average Rating:
PROBLEM: You are a web programmer. You have users. Your users rate stuff on your site. You want to ...
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Hide the Stack Exchange sidebar
I would like to gain some screen estate when viewing Stack Exchange sites. The sidebar seldom shows information I need.
I know most help content displayed when composing questions.
Most related ...
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Script to dynamically expand the Q/A text field
I'm searching for a script to (vertically) expand the text field in questions and answers as I type.
I personally prefer seeing all content at once (while the area can be extended by manually dragging,...
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Percentage of Questions Upvoted Lower than the Highest Upvoted Answer
On another site the issue has come up that questions may not be upvoted but answers are. I would like to get some statistical support for this. Are there already existing apps that can do this kind ...
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Suggestion for new Stack App or SE UI feature: Reopen queue status
Summary
This is a suggestion to create one, possibly two, indicators relating to Reopen Review Queue status. The purpose is to alert users to the requirement for intervention outside the normal ...
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Cursor decorations based on the April Fool's 2019 theme?
I've really enjoyed the April Fool's theme this year, most of all the cursor decoration. Could someone create a user script for me that activates the decoration everywhere on the network (chat can be ...
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Request for user script to change the comment delete button from the word “Delete” to the old gray X
A few hours ago, the system was changed to show the comment delete button as the word "Delete" rather than the gray X that it's been using for years. However, I find this a little intrusive and ...
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Script to set the default image description text?
Stack Exchange sets enter image description here as the default description — this is mainly useful for new users who may not know that the title can be modified.
I'm looking for a script to ...
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Request for user script to remove mask from posts deleted as spam or offensive
As a contributor to Charcoal, I often find that the spam and offensive mask (i.e. "this post was deleted as spam or offensive and is therefore not shown, see the revision history") just gets in my way ...
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Request for a userscript to activate the “Wheel of Blame” Easter egg in chat
Note: This is not the same as The Unofficial Wheel of Blame.
The Stack Exchange chat sites have an Easter egg called "Wheel of Blame" that activates for the current user only. Right now, the only way ...
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Share short link to comment
1. Request
It would be nice, if will be script for share short links to comments on Stack Exchange sites, not long links.
2. Justification
I found out, that links to comments may be short. For ...
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Looking for a script to show countdown timer below posts for easier edits
On Stack Exchange sites, edits that are made within 5 minutes of posting a question or answer aren't counted. This is called the grace period.
For example, if you post a new answer, and edit it after ...
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Looking for Bookmarklet to Create a Question
I want to build a small bookmarklet which can take the selected text and send it to Stack Overflow to create a new post containing the selected text.
Also get a unique id or something that helps to ...
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A way to copy text on this forum to preserve math symbols?
Is there any way to copy html-text containing Mathjax symbols from this forum's threads and paste it into a word processor (I use Libre office Writer) to preserve nicely looking math symbols?
The ...
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When asking/answering a question on SE sites; Is there a way to fix the page in place so that you only see the displayed output as you type?
I am a touch typist and would like to know if there exists a way to type a question\answer with all the necessary formatting without the page automatically scrolling back up to where you input the ...
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Bounty question collector
I want to write a script to collate all bounty questions from all Stack Exchange sites.
I have heard of Tampermonkey and I have no server access.
Could someone explain how I should go about writing a ...
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Show statistics of my community ads, on all sites
In January I posted community ads to various sites I belong to.
From time to time I want to see how they perform, so for each site I craft the display URL manually and launch it in a browser:
http://...
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App to keep notes on users
Is there an app around that makes notes on users? Really all I am after is a flag to say -
"Warning, this user is obnoxious, avoid arguments"
EDIT
It could just colour coding, like red for avoid, ...
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Starred message image section in chat
I have almost no experience with javascript, widgets and scripts myself, so I'd like to ask someone to make this useful chat addition a reality.
(Original Meta.SE feature request)
The idea is to ...
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Show when user is online
I apologize if this already exist, but i could not find it.
My question is, is there a real-time display next to the user question if that user is still on line or not.
Something like this (green ...
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Script Request - Meta Notifications
Mods are notified when a new meta post is started on HSM meta by a diamond on the top bar lighting up in blue. Here it is, not lit up:
Proposal: Let users of sufficiently high rep see the same ...
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How to obtain the bibtex item for a question with a program or HTTP request?
Which request should my program send to mathoverflow.net to get the bibtex, which is so well hidden behind the share button?
Rephrased: what I'm after is something analogous to a link like:
adsabs....
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Request for self destructing comments
What would I like?
I would like comments that can self destruct after a set amount of time.
Why?
I often add a comment that doesn't need to stay around, like saying thanks to a user, or telling ...
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Can I post a suggestion for a stack app? [duplicate]
I have an idea for a stack app. However, I can't program it. Can I post an app suggestion?
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Is there a userscript to mark lq/rq/cb/whatever links visited?
A lot of times I notice a link in Hot Network Questions, or Linked Questions, or Related Questions, or the regular question list, that looks familiar but isn't marked as visited in my browser. Usually ...
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Request for script, or fix, to add Edit-Reason checkboxes
I've found a Stack Exchange userscript which looks GREAT - it would make things so much easier for me:
The Edit summary options script
Unfortunately, it doesn't work at all! I'm not sure why.
My ...
