Remove unwanted or unused buttons from the channel page menu
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Youtube - Remove Home, Short, Live and Store buttons from the channel page menu
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 1.6
// @description Remove unwanted or unused buttons from the channel page menu
// @author Jens Nordström
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @license MIT
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
function init(target) {
// Start interval to find elements on navigation
var runInterval = setInterval(removeButtons, 0);
function removeButtons() {
// Find and remove buttons
for (var i = 0; i < target.length; i++) {
if (target[i].children[0] != null) {
var buttonText = target[i].children[0].innerText;
if (buttonText === "HOME" || buttonText === "SHORTS" || buttonText === "LIVE" || buttonText === "STORE") {
target[i].remove();
}
}
}
}
// Stop the interval after init or left mouse click
setTimeout(() => {
clearInterval(runInterval);
}, "5000")
}
// Wait for DOM to find elements
function waitForDOM(selector) {
return new Promise(resolve => {
if (document.querySelector(selector)) {
return resolve(document.querySelector(selector));
}
const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
if (document.querySelector(selector)) {
resolve(document.querySelector(selector));
observer.disconnect();
}
});
observer.observe(document.body, {
childList: true,
subtree: true
});
});
}
// Target element mapping
waitForDOM('tp-yt-paper-tab').then((target) => {
var element = document.querySelectorAll("tp-yt-paper-tab");
var isMouseDown = false;
init(element);
// Detect left mouse click to run interval on navigation
document.addEventListener('mousedown', function(event) {
if (event.which) isMouseDown = true;
init(element);
}, true);
});
// Credit to @Schuwi (Inactive user)
// Bug: Old regexp don't match the new youtube @handles URL structure
// Bugfix: Updated regexp to also work with the new @handles URL structure
// Link to unmodified script: https://greasyfork.org/en/discussions/requests/56798-request-make-videoes-the-default-tab-on-youtube-channels#comment-170000
(() => {
const NEW_URL_HOME = /^(https?:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/(?:channel\/(.*?)\/featured|(?:.*\/)*(.+)))/;
const DEFAULT_TAB_HREF = "/videos";
// the byte/ascii sequence '0x12 0x06 v i d e o s' encoded with base64 and uri component encoding seems to correspond to the videos tab
const DEFAULT_TAB_ENDPOINT_PARAMS = encodeURIComponent(btoa(String.fromCharCode(0x12, 0x06) + "videos"));
if (NEW_URL_HOME.test(RegExp.$1 + DEFAULT_TAB_HREF)) {
// this will get invoked when a youtube channel link is reached from a non-youtube origin page
// where we didn't rewrite the link
location.href = RegExp.$1 + DEFAULT_TAB_HREF;
return;
}
addEventListener('mousedown', event => {
const a = event.target.closest('a');
if (a && NEW_URL_HOME.test(a.href)) {
// a channel link was clicked so it has to be rewritten before the actual navigation happens
// this makes sure the redirect above in line 15-20 is not needed as long as the link clicked is on a youtube page
// e.g. when opening a channel link in a new tab
a.href = RegExp.$1 + DEFAULT_TAB_HREF;
// without this the url in the browsers navigation bar will show the wrong url but the videos tab is still being loaded
try {
a.data.commandMetadata.webCommandMetadata.url = RegExp.$1 + DEFAULT_TAB_HREF;
} catch (e) {}
// this makes sure that the videos tab is the one actually being loaded
try {
a.data.browseEndpoint.params = DEFAULT_TAB_ENDPOINT_PARAMS;
} catch (e) {}
}
}, true);
})();
})();