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.
Make your own custom oneboxes for Chat!
Oneboxing is when you post a link to a supported site on SE Chat and it automatically shows extra information. An example is when you post a link to a question in Chat and it converts to the title,…
Always Be Closing
Gist: https://gist.github.com/WillSullivan/6732086#file-alwaysbeclosing Description: A userscript that adds easy to reach and use buttons for the most common closure tasks. As configured, the butto…
Regional 12-hour timestamps
This script displays timestamps based on your timezone in 12-hour format. This is pretty convenient for anyone who doesn't want to convert UTC to their timezone. Requires Tampermonkey or Greasemonk…
ModColorFix for Chat
Just a very very simple userscript that changes the moderator usernames in chat from blue to green. Requested by and built for @doppelgreener on becoming a mod. Link to Github Repo Link to ins…
TACUC - The ATaco ChatExchange Userscript Collection
A collection of Userscripts focused around Stack Exchange's chat. To install these, you need TamperMonkey, although GreaseMonkey apparently works. GitHub Auto Chat Jax This userscript simply …
Force Edit suggested reviews
Review edits have the option to force edit, which will edit the original post, as opposed to improve which will edit the suggested edit. UserScript: // ==UserScript== // @name Force edit…
Stackuserflow - userscript collection
Script series to modify the functionality of the network sites. Before using them you should have: In Google Chrome install Tampermonkey In Firefox install GreaseMonkey In Opera install Tampermon…
SOClearChat -- Helpful Chat functions
A Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey script packing some helpful functions for Stack Overflow chat
StackOverflow Questions Remap (new nav)
Here's a quick userscript for Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey that lets you remap the Questions button in the new navbar (new as of 2017-02-14) to a different link. For example, if you like to read io…
Stack Overflow Association Tools
Stack Overflow in English is the main landing site for developers from around the world, but not everyone of those developers knows English language, as a result, reducing understanding of content …
Hat Overflow - Show number of Winterbash hats at a glance
Adds a Winterbash hat-count to every user's signature.
StackLinks, a URL to Markdown bookmarklet
In aggregating references, this is useful for wrapping a URL and the content of the <title> tag into Markdown: javascript:void(function so_link(){window.prompt('',String().concat("* [",docum…
Copy post content as markdown -- quick and easy way to quote people!
This is a userscript that converts the selected text to Markdown and allows you to quickly copy it. It is mainly useful for when copying from comments on posts, where you want to quote the user, or…
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.
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"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…
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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…
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…
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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 …
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…