YouTube Grid Row Controller

Adds simple buttons to control items per row on Youtube's home feed, works for shorts and news sections too. Buttons can be hidden if needed.

Versión del día 22/10/2025. Echa un vistazo a la versión más reciente.

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Necesitarás instalar una extensión para administrar scripts de usuario si quieres instalar este script.

(Ya tengo un administrador de scripts de usuario, déjame instalarlo)

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Necesitará instalar una extensión del gestor de estilos de usuario para instalar este estilo.

Necesitará instalar una extensión del gestor de estilos de usuario para instalar este estilo.

(Ya tengo un administrador de estilos de usuario, déjame instalarlo)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         YouTube Grid Row Controller
// @namespace    https://github.com/HageFX-78
// @version      0.6
// @description  Adds simple buttons to control items per row on Youtube's home feed, works for shorts and news sections too. Buttons can be hidden if needed.
// @author       HageFX78
// @license      MIT
// @match        *://www.youtube.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @grant        GM_setValue
// @grant        GM_getValue
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    'use strict';

    // Configurable options
    const embedInChips = true; // Only applies to the one that is attached to the categories bar, set false if you have another script that removes the bar
    const hideControls = false; // set true to hide UI controls, it will use the default values instead

    const transparentButtons = false; // set true to make the buttons transparent and less intrusive, only applies if hideControls is false

    const defaultSettingValue = {
        // Default values mainly used when if you want to hide the buttons, change the values to your liking
        content: 4,
        news: 5,
        shorts: 6,
    };

    let currentSettingValues = {
        content: GM_getValue('itemPerRow', defaultSettingValue.content),
        news: GM_getValue('newsPerRow', defaultSettingValue.news),
        shorts: GM_getValue('shortsPerRow', defaultSettingValue.shorts),
    };

    // Styles
    const style = (css) => {
        const el = document.createElement('style');
        el.textContent = css;
        document.head.appendChild(el);
        return el;
    };

    style(`
		${hideControls ? '' : '#chips-content{width: 92% !important;}'}

		.justify-left-custom {
			justify-content: left !important;
		}
        .justify-center-custom {
			justify-content: center !important;
		}

        ytd-rich-item-renderer[rendered-from-rich-grid][is-in-first-column] {
            margin-left: calc(var(--ytd-rich-grid-item-margin) / 2) !important;
        }
		
		ytd-rich-item-renderer[hidden][is-responsive-grid], [is-slim-media]{
			display: block !important;
		}

		ytd-rich-item-renderer{
			margin-bottom: var(--ytd-rich-grid-row-margin) !important;
		}

		.button-container.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer {
			display: none !important;
		}
		
		#dismissible.ytd-rich-shelf-renderer {
			padding-bottom: 0 !important;
			border-bottom: none !important;
		}
            
        #selected-chip-content{
            width: 0% !important;
        }

        ytd-feed-filter-chip-bar-renderer[frosted-glass-mode=with-chipbar] #chips-wrapper.ytd-feed-filter-chip-bar-renderer {
            flex-direction: row;
        }
		.itemPerRowControl {
            display: flex;
            justify-content: right;
            align-items: center;

            z-index: 2025;
            flex: 1;         
            gap: 10px;
            box-sizing: border-box;
            user-select: none;
			${embedInChips ? 'width: 8%;' : ''};
        }

        .itemPerRowControl button {

            border: none;
            color: var(--yt-spec-text-primary);
            background-color:${transparentButtons ? 'transparent' : 'var(--yt-spec-badge-chip-background)'};
            font-size: 24px;
            
            text-align: center;
            display: inline-block;

            height: 30px;
            aspect-ratio: 1/1;
            border-radius: 50%;
        }

        .itemPerRowControl button:hover {
            background-color: var(--yt-spec-button-chip-background-hover);
            cursor: pointer;
        }
	`);

    const dynamicStyle = style('');

    function updatePageLayout() {
        dynamicStyle.textContent = `
			ytd-rich-grid-renderer {
				--ytd-rich-grid-items-per-row: ${hideControls ? defaultSettingValue.content : currentSettingValues.content} !important;
			}
			ytd-rich-shelf-renderer:not([is-shorts]) {
				--ytd-rich-grid-items-per-row: ${hideControls ? defaultSettingValue.news : currentSettingValues.news} !important;
			}
			ytd-rich-shelf-renderer[is-shorts] {
				--ytd-rich-grid-slim-items-per-row: ${hideControls ? defaultSettingValue.shorts : currentSettingValues.shorts} !important;
                --ytd-rich-grid-items-per-row: ${hideControls ? defaultSettingValue.shorts : currentSettingValues.shorts} !important;
			}
		`;
    }

    function saveValues() {
        GM_setValue('itemPerRow', currentSettingValues.content);
        GM_setValue('newsPerRow', currentSettingValues.news);
        GM_setValue('shortsPerRow', currentSettingValues.shorts);
    }

    function updateAndSave() {
        updatePageLayout();
        saveValues();
    }

    function waitForElement(baseQuery, selector) {
        return new Promise((resolve) => {
            const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
                const el = baseQuery.querySelector(selector);
                if (el) {
                    observer.disconnect();
                    resolve(el);
                }
            });

            observer.observe(baseQuery, { childList: true, subtree: true });
        });
    }

    function watchMainContent(container) {
        const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
            mutations.forEach(({ addedNodes }) => {
                for (let node of addedNodes) {
                    if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.matches('ytd-rich-section-renderer')) {
                        const ref = node.querySelector('#menu-container');
                        const hasControlDiv = node.querySelector('.itemPerRowControl') !== null;
                        const isShorts = node.querySelector('[is-shorts]') !== null;

                        if (hasControlDiv) continue; // Skip if already exists

                        createControlDiv(ref, isShorts ? 'shorts' : 'news', true);
                    }
                }
            });
        });

        observer.observe(container, { childList: true, subtree: true });
    }

    function createControlDiv(target, type, insertBefore = false) {
        const controlDiv = document.createElement('div');
        controlDiv.classList.add('style-scope', 'ytd-rich-grid-renderer', 'itemPerRowControl');

        ['-', '+'].forEach((symbol) => {
            const btn = document.createElement('button');
            btn.innerText = symbol;
            btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
                if (symbol === '+') {
                    currentSettingValues[type]++;
                    console.log(currentSettingValues[type]);
                } else if (currentSettingValues[type] > 1) {
                    currentSettingValues[type]--;
                }
                updateAndSave();
            });
            controlDiv.appendChild(btn);
        });

        if (insertBefore) target.parentNode.insertBefore(controlDiv, target);
        else target.appendChild(controlDiv);

        if (type == 'content') controlDiv.classList.add('justify-left-custom');
    }

    function init(queryStartLocation) {
        updatePageLayout();

        if (hideControls) return;

        waitForElement(queryStartLocation, '#chips-wrapper').then((el) => createControlDiv(el, 'content'));

        // Start watching for newly loaded sections
        waitForElement(queryStartLocation, '#contents.ytd-rich-grid-renderer').then(watchMainContent);

        // Cleanup after init
        window.removeEventListener('yt-navigate-finish', handlePageContentChanged);
    }

    // Workaround when reloaded on creator's home page and going back to main page will hide the buttons
    let firstLoad = true;
    function handlePageContentChanged() {
        if (location.href.endsWith('youtube.com/')) {
            let browseElements = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-browse');

            if (firstLoad || browseElements.length <= 1) {
                init(browseElements[0]);
            } else {
                // If reloaded on creator's home page, second ytd-browse will be the main page
                init(browseElements[1]);
            }
        }
        firstLoad = false;
    }

    // ----------------------------------- Main Execution -----------------------------------

    window.addEventListener('yt-navigate-finish', handlePageContentChanged);
})();