Disable Reddit Lightbox

Disable the damn lightbox on the reddit redesign

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 or Violentmonkey 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!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus 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.

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         Disable Reddit Lightbox
// @namespace    http://naatan.com/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Disable the damn lightbox on the reddit redesign
// @author       Nathan Rijksen
// @match        https://www.reddit.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    var node = document.createElement('style');
    node.innerHTML = "div { cursor: auto !important; }";
    document.body.appendChild(node);

    var onClick = function(e) {
        if (e.button != 0) // only left mouse
            return;
        if (e.target.nodeName == "DIV")
            preventClick(e);
        if (e.target.nodeName == "H2" && e.target.parentNode.nodeName == "A")
            clickLink(e);
    }

    var preventClick = function(e) {
        console.log("Preventing click on", e.target);
        e.preventDefault();
        e.stopPropagation();
    }

    var clickLink = function(e) {
        console.log("Preventing lightbox on", e.target);
        preventClick(e);

        var link = e.target.parentNode
        document.location.href = link.getAttribute("href");
    }

    document.body.addEventListener("click", onClick);
})();