steven's userscripts         -- targeting macOS Firefox and Safari (iOS too), but works on all platforms

start the hot reload server: pnpm dev and pnpm build ouptut Userscripts/<subfolder>.user.js for src/<subfolder>/index.ts

src/_js holds raw .user.js files

Install

1. quoid/Userscripts extension

2. or using Violentmonkey:   step 1, open globals.user.js in the built-in editor and open the settings tab. Set the position to 1, and "run at" to document-start.

            step 2 OPTIONAL + (Firefox ONLY):   host safari-userscripts/Userscripts as http://localhost/userscripts (port 80) with any web server

install: pnpm install (don't forget to approve builds if asked) pnpm run build

Assuming you cloned this repo to the root of iCloud (and have 'Keep Downloaded' checked):

ln -s '/Users/<your_user>/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/safari-userscripts/Userscripts' /opt/homebrew/var/www

adds a symbolic link to the default path used by web servers like nginx (when installed via brew)

 

Global / Mobile / Other Features

safari specific

• AutoScroll.user.js (middle mouse scroll click drag wheel)
• desktop virtual status bar (eg: Command+/)) (helps with Dock Exposé (sometimes the status bar is treated as a window!))
• Instagram - require double escape key to run default escape (prevents exiting fullscreen mode when closing the popup picture viewer)

other features:

• mobile keyboard.user.js (mobile virtual keyboard shortcuts)
  • three finger tap on any page to trigger a shortcut like on desktop
• pagination with arrow keys (big sites I use: E-Commerce, Google, etc.)
• delete accept cookies popup (Currently only for programming websites (eg: stackoverflow))
• autofocus text inputs (with / ) and blur with escape key
• scrolling with keys: wsik (aka the home rows: wasd, ijkl) (ad jl usually do something too)
• social media (instagram, reddit, tiktok, youtube, yelp)

 

(Domain Specific) Userscripts features:

Google / Bing / Search Engines

• sort search results by H(our) D(ay) M(onth) Y(ear) (ie: Shift + Y to sort by Year)
• cmd+enter (on search result): open in new tab
• cmd+shift+y: open search query on YouTube
• search by sites (eg: R(site:reddit.com) Q(site:quora.com), etc. --defined in config.user.js as "site_dict")

Reddit

• cmd+enter: open focused thread (new tab)     --shift+enter (window)
• sort thread comments by T(op) N(ew) O(old) C(ontroversial) B(est) Q(&A)
• incognito auto dark mode

Instagram

• scroll with i k w s (can use s & k at the same time (2x speed))

YouTube

• floating live chat - drag & drop corners/topbar to resize/move
• cmd+k: Mark live chat as read and (popup button on right click)
• cmd+enter (on YouTube search input): open query in new tab
• [] = increase/decrease playback rate
• Increase commenter profile picture size
• scroll with i k w s
• Sort search results by H(our) T(oday) W(eek) M(onth) Y(ear) R(ating) U(pload Date) V(iew Count)
• channel videos sort by T(op) N(ew) O(ld)
• Comments sort by T(op) N(ew)
• fullscreen theater mode, auto load comments
• change all shorts links to regular video player
• (mobile) keep scrolled past “Open in App” banner

TikTok

• (mobile) make it usable while logged out
• export your likes using yt-dlp enter “javascript:dl()” in address bar once you’ve scrolled to the bottom

 

pnpm dev starts hot reload server.

pnpm run update (git pull && pnpm build)