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.
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 …
Stack Activity: Last activity of every question
Stack Activity is a simple userscript that shows you the last activity of every question on the homepage, question lists and user pages of any Stack Exchange sites.
Auto-comment Close Reasons
Description This script will automagically fill the comment box for you when you vote to close with the reason you are voting to close for! That way the user that asked the question can know what …
Hide Unnecessary Info in SE Chat
Hide Unnecessary or Cluttering Information in the Sidebar of an SE Chatroom Description A small userscript to help avoid clutter on the sidebar of any Stack Exchange chat room. The chat room will…
![](https://i.sstatic.net/CMBgf.png "A way to keep the "user bar" on the top of the site stuck there ~ StickyBar")
A way to keep the "user bar" on the top of the site stuck there ~ StickyBar
Stick the userbar to the top of the window
Code Golf SE answer sorter
Allows sorting answers by code length on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf Stack Exchange.
Answerer Name comment highlighter [duplicate]
Update: This has been added to my Optional Features userscript - please go there for the latest version. After reading this, I really liked the idea, so I made a Userscript to highlight answerer's…
Hide badges I've already attained
Inspired by this Meta SO question, this user script adds a checkbox to the Badges page to allow you to hide badges you've already attained, so you can easily see which remain. The checkbox's setti…
Hide unwanted questions (Greasemonkey Script)
Simple script to hide questions in Stack Overflow lists so that you don't have to stare at the same questions you are not interested in over & over again.
Unicorn voting animations for everyone! FOREVER! (2014 edition)
var p="https://i.sstatic.net/" function t(e,b,a,c,f,g){e=$("<div />").css({width:c,height:f,backgroundImage:"url("+p+e+")",position:"absolute",top:a,left:b,display:"none"}).appendTo("body");r…
duckduckstack - The StackExchange API Doc Autocompleter
NOTE (2nd April, 2012): After an e-mail correspondence with DuckDuckGo's Gabriel W. I decided to take down this project (and remove it from GitHub) due to Terms of Service issues with aggregating s…
Change Unanswered tab to Review
This is (allegedly) going to be implemented by the team sometime anyway. But just in case, and so you can play with it, here is a script which replaces the 'Unanswered' tab with 'Review'. NEW - att…
Edit summary options
Description Gives you little checkboxes above the edit summary with preset options like "formatted code" or "removed signature." Screenshots Userscript http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1…
HamStare: Basic automation for chat
Get it from Github! HamStare is the last word in disapproving stares. Now, roll your own! Out of the box is how it is configured for me, but if you have a little knowledge of Javascript (or not), i…
Sort Flags By Type
This userscript allows you to sort your flags by type on your flag page. It was inspired by this post on Meta Stack Exchange, and the idea and helper functions were provided by nicael. Download…
Show number of answers accepted
Shows the acceptance rate details beside the user's acceptance rate.
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…
Collection of time-saving bookmarklets for Stack Exchange sites
My Bookmarklets for Stack Exchange is a collection of 20+ simple bookmarklets for specific tasks that could be done through the interface, but would take longer. Some of them use API, others parse …
Code Pen, auto-submission Bookmarklet
CodePen is a new site like our beloved jsFiddle. I like it for two reasons. Zen Coding It has an API So, with the latter I created a bookmarklet. It guestimates what each block of code is (HT…
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…
SOOldCheckmark - Bring back the old checkmark!
Here on Stack Overflow, we hate change, especially regarding the new checkmark color. So, I have the perfect solution to all of our needs - bring back the old goodness! Contained in the user script…
SEScripts - A Bunch of Scripts
The SEScripts Chrome Extension adds various userscripts all around Stack Exchange, combined in a simple suite.
![](https://i.sstatic.net/Sca4x.png "Add Share buttons to the "link" box")
StackExchange Google Search
Google questions if query begins with "gq:" and user profiles if query begins with "gu:".
jsFiddle preview for Stack Overflow
Adds embedded jsFiddle preview to the questions/answers posts.
Comment Separator Fix
We have this nicely formatted toolbar with all of the moderation tools we need below questions: So, why is it that the separator that goes along with the new comment format looks like this? T…
Display tag excerpt tooltips when editing a question
There's a 25-score question on MSE with the same title requesting this feature. The obvious solution: create a userscript to do it. :) You can install the script by clicking here.
GIF Killer! Stop animated gifs in the Chat
Bookmarklet that stops GIFs in their tracks! until you refresh.. GIFs are replaced with the following image: How to use. Depending on your browser you create a new bookmark, copy and paste th…
Hide chat messages based on content
Want to get those Game of Thrones spoilers out of your chat? Hate certain things? Automatically hide chat messages based on a blacklist of words. Instructions Download the User script Edit IGNORE_…
Review Queue Hider
This user script adds a button to each review queue to allow you to hide it. Useful if you don't want a certain queue popping to the top! Each Stack Exchange site holds its own settings too, so you…
Painfully Obvious Moderators - Know when a post is theirs
Red borders, blinking borders, red overlays, the lot.
Tag highlighting on main SO page
Motivation I recently added more than one "Favourite" tag and got pretty irritated by the sea of yellow on the home page. As such I wrote this little user script (for use in Chrome's Tamp…
Confirm Review Approval
Brings up an extra confirmation dialog when you click "Approve" in the Suggested Edit review queue.
IHaveBadges - A script to link your badges in the toolbar to your list of badges in your profile
This is a very simple script that transforms the list of badges in the toolbar to a link to the user's badges in his or her profile.
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.
Show length of code blocks (mainly for codegolf.SE)
Description This is a small userscript I made that shows the amount of characters in a code block above it. It is mainly for the http://codegolf.stackexchange.com site. Screenshot (This is just …
Comment Saver - Unposted comments are saved between page loads
Simply stores unposted comments (using HTML5 localStorage) between page loads, so that if you leave the page you don't lose your comment. Currently a bit hacky, but it works. User Script: https:…
stackoverflow favicon counter
Adds unread questions counter to favicon at stackoverflow tags section
Skeet-Lighter - Highlight all Questions/Comments/Answers by Jon Skeet
About This extension will highlight all Questions/Posts/Comments made by Jon Skeet on the StackExchange websites. For those who wish to be notified when Jon has weighed in on a question, Skeet-Li…
Japanese stack exchange localization
This script was originally created for the JLU (Japanese Language and Usage) site as part of the Creating as much Japanese interface as possible to be more inclusive of native Japanese speakers met…
Underlined post links
Underlines all links in questions, answers and comments on all Stack Exchange sites.
Ban myself/enforced break userscript
Answer to Ban myself button on user profiles--MSO Code and inspiration from Wikipedia's version This userscript bans you from the site till a certain date, which you must edit in.even while logged …
Hide negatively-voted posts from the front page
The current threshold for posts on the front page is -4. Often times, that threshold is not high enough: many posts in the -3...0 range are low-quality. This simple script hides posts with a score…
Mark a flag as helpful with a message
Sparked by this comment Strictly-speaking, any moderator can leave a message along with Helpful, @Bill - there's just no UI for it. The following bookmarklet, when clicked after loading the …
MinimalOverflow - A themescript for Stack Exchange
MinimalOverflow adds a clean theme and theme toggler to 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…
Unhide Downvoted Answers
This simple userscript allows you to hover over an answer that has been greyed-out because of its low score to remove the styling. After you move away from the post, it will return to its original …
I am an awful person and I hate lazers
Don't like the hover animation on Arqade's mothership? You are probably an awful person, but here's a userscript anyway.