Facebook Image Alt Text Display

Display automated alt text over images.

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!)

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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         Facebook Image Alt Text Display
// @namespace    http://
// @version      0.1
// @description  Display automated alt text over images.
// @author       Marko Zabreznik
// @require      http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js
// @match        https://www.facebook.com/
// @grant        none
// @run-at       document-start
// ==/UserScript==

function debounce (func, threshold) {
    var timeout;
    var obj = this;
    function delayed () {
        func.apply(obj);
        timeout = null;
    }
    return function () {
        if (timeout)
            clearTimeout(timeout);
        timeout = setTimeout(delayed, threshold);
    };
}

function showAlt() {
    $("#contentArea img[alt]:not(.fimah).img").each(function(){
        var img = $(this);
        img.addClass('fimah');
        if (img.hasClass('UFIActorImage') || !img.attr('alt') || img.attr('alt') == "No automatic alt text available.") {
            return;
        }
        $('<div style="position:absolute;bottom: 0; padding: 4px; left: 0;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.5); color: black;"></div>')
            .text(img.attr('alt')).insertAfter(this);
    });
}

new MutationObserver(debounce(showAlt, 200)).observe(document, {subtree: true, childList: true});