Non-Printable Character Detection

Replace non-printable characters, e.g., zero-width spaces, with a visible symbol.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

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You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Non-Printable Character Detection
// @namespace    https://greasyfork.org/users/193469
// @description  Replace non-printable characters, e.g., zero-width spaces, with a visible symbol.
// @version      1.2
// @author       Rui LIU (@liurui39660)
// @match        *://*/*
// @icon         https://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip2/example.com.ico
// @license      MIT
// @run-at       document-end
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
	'use strict';

	const regex = /\p{Cf}/gu; // https://stackoverflow.com/a/12054775/8056404
	const to = '\u2756'; // ❖

	const replace = root => new Promise(() => {
		const walker = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT);
		let node;
		while (node = walker.nextNode())
			node.nodeValue = node.nodeValue.replaceAll(regex, to);
	})

	new MutationObserver(mutations => mutations.forEach(mutation => mutation.addedNodes.forEach(node => replace(node)))).observe(document.body, {subtree: true, childList: true});

	replace(document.body);
})();