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 dropdown menu
This userscript/extension replaces the review button with a dropdown that lists all the review queues on the current site and the number of available posts to review. It simply saves the trouble of…
Quick Quran verse links
At Islam Stack Exchange we often refer to Quran verses in answers. This script makes it easier to add those references by adding an input field directly before the question/answer field. Installat…
Chat Resizifizer
Are you you annoyed when you are typing a long chat message, but the textbox is so short? Worry no more! This userscript makes it possible to resize the entire bottom part of the chat page (a.k.a. …
Greyscale MSE Favicon
[[OBSOLETE]] It's just easier to distinguish SE from meta.SE when one of them has a greyscale icon like a proper Meta should.
Test App (place holder)
This is a test application for OAuth. I have no problems right now. This is only a placeholder for testing purposes.
Impale people on unicorn horns (2014 April Fools' unicorn voting animations on profiles!)
Screenshot In action Code var p="http://i.stack.imgur.com/" function t(e,b,a,c,f,g){e=$("<div />").css({width:c,height:f,backgroundImage:"url("+p+e+")",position:"absolute",top:a,le…
Unicorn voting animations for everyone! FOREVER! (2014 edition)
var p="http://i.stack.imgur.com/" function t(e,b,a,c,f,g){e=$("<div />").css({width:c,height:f,backgroundImage:"url("+p+e+")",position:"absolute",top:a,left:b,display:"none"}).appendTo("body"…
Code Golf SE answer sorter
Allows sorting answers by code length on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf Stack Exchange.
SEScripts - A Bunch of Scripts
The SEScripts Chrome Extension adds various userscripts all around Stack Exchange, combined in a simple suite.
Confirm Review Approval
Brings up an extra confirmation dialog when you click "Approve" in the Suggested Edit review queue.
StackExchange Election: Primary counter
This user script adds a short overview table at the of the election page during the primary election phase on Stack Exchange moderator elections. The table lists all candidates, ordered by their cu…
Painfully Obvious Moderators - Know when a post is theirs
Red borders, blinking borders, red overlays, the lot.
![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZqaEZ.png ""On your keyboard, idiot!" - clickable scolding <kbd>s")
"On your keyboard, idiot!" - clickable scolding <kbd>s
For those who just can't stop clicking <kbd> tags.
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…
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…
The Stack Overflow Unofficial Patch (SOUP)
The Stack Overflow Unofficial Patch (SOUP) is a project to collect various minor client-side bug fixes, work-arounds and usability improvements for Stack Overflow and other Q&A sites on the Sta…
Close Reason Editor: Customize your off-topic close reasons
This userscript allows you edit the off-topic close reasons which are normally editable only by the site moderators.
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.
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 …
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 …
Replace all relative times with local times
This script replaces all relative time with local time by parsing the Zulu time from the title element of the span elements. The replacement happens only after hovering over the date. To view the…
Ace Overflow - Google Chrome extension that replaces WMD Editor with Ace on all Stack Exchange sites
Ace Overflow is a Google Chrome extension that replaces WMD Editor with Ace on all Stack Exchange sites.
Banana Stand: Hide the green
Don't like your green rep notifications? Hide them completely with Banana Stand: Banana Stand User Script Download Link Alternatively, make the less intrusive with Banana Stand Lite: Banana St…
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…
Stack Exchange Topbar Tools
It's the extensible userscript for customising that almost-black bar at the top of your screen.
Add the [main] link back into the new mSO top bar!
Put the main link back where it belongs
Real time questions for any Stack Exchange site
This script provides real time updates and filtering of active questions for all SE sites
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…
PONIES: Hide unwelcome images in chat
Don't like it when chat is flooded with ponies? Too lazy to burn them all? You need PONIES: Protect Oneboxed Nuisance Images Everywhere Safely. All oneboxed images are displayed with 0.1 opacity u…
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 …
Set fire to people in chat
How many times have you been overwhelmed by your desire to set fire to people in Stack Exchange chat? Well now you can! Arqade Fire Get Chrome Extension Get Grease Monkey User Script Arqade Fire i…
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…
Link questions in http://sitename.com/reputation
I find the /reputation page on all sites (for example: https://stackoverflow.com/reputation/) to be very helpful. Here is an example of what it looks like: 2 17626610 (10) 2 17626610 (10) 2 …
Fiddle IT - Instant Fiddles Userscript
Fiddle-IT A tiny & simple userscript for creating fiddles in seconds. Very handy for answering questions when you want to test the OP's code Usage Select some code on the page, then press on…
Show User Accept Rates
This simple user script restores the display of a user's question accept rate on questions they ask. Known Issues: New: In Firefox, throws a "no element found" error and fails to display any…
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…
Automatically hide ignored questions
This user script removes ignored questions from the question list. You can get the script here on github. Requires you have a userscript plugin like Tampermonkey. When you use this script, it ad…
StackTrello - add a 'trello' link to create cards from Questions
I wrote a script to create trello cards from questions on SE sites. This was really for me more than anything else because I use trello to help me keep track of things I'm working on, which someti…
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 …
Burninator toolkit
Please note, the tag burninator script requires 10k rep to use. Sorry, noobs! I pass on to you, dear taxonomist terrorists, the burninator toolkit. This toolkit consists of two user scripts wh…
Auto-Add A Comment When Closing
Automatically adds a comment when closing a question, with the text taken directly from the close reason you chose, so that the OP can see why their question may be being downvoted, and improve it,…
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…
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.
View Post Timeline
Inspired by this MSO question. This tiny userscript will add a link to the timeline for any post, just below the "favorite question" star button. Example image: This is the code: // ==UserScr…
SOAnswerDate - answer dates in user profiles!
Notice: This feature has been officially rolled out, and so this user-script is no longer necessary. It shall remain here, though, for reputation's sake :) Simply put, this adds answer dates to the…
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.
Enhanced Ctrl + L and URL templates for comments, answers and questions
Shortcut Ctrl + L to add links to a comment. Define URL templates to make it easier to insert links to documentation. Shortcut Ctrl + L to remove a link in a comment ([caret>|](link) -> caret>…
Link Only Answer Automatic Flagging
Tired of constantly dealing with link only answers in the same monotonous way? Do you want a better use of time while still getting rid of the dumb answers? Here is the solution to that problem!
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…