View image button for google images

Brings back the view image button that google removed for some reason

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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// ==UserScript==
// @name         View image button for google images
// @namespace    https://github.com/ehrenjn/
// @version      1.2
// @description  Brings back the view image button that google removed for some reason
// @author       Ehren Julien-Neitzert
// @include      /https://www\.?google\..+?/search/
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    if (isGoogleImgs()) {
        makeObserver();
    }


    //adds view image buttons to all immersive containers (usually 3 of them)
    function addButtons() {
        var containers = document.getElementsByClassName('immersive-container');

        for (let c = 0; c < containers.length; c++) { //put a button in each immersive container
            var container = containers[c];
            var table = container.getElementsByClassName('irc_but_r')[0];
            var row = table.getElementsByTagName('tr')[0];

            var oldLinks = table.getElementsByClassName('viewImg');
            for (let l = 0; l < oldLinks.length; l++) { //get rid of the old view image button
                oldLinks[l].remove();
            }

            var newBtn = document.createElement('td');
            newBtn.setAttribute('class', 'viewImg');
            var btnLink = document.createElement('a');
            btnLink.href = container.getElementsByClassName('irc_mi')[0].src;
            newBtn.appendChild(btnLink);
            var text = document.createElement('span');
            text.innerText = "View image";
            btnLink.appendChild(text);

            row.childNodes[0].after(newBtn);
        }
    }


    //creates a mutation observer that adds view image buttons every time an image is clicked
    function makeObserver() {
        var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutation){
            observer.disconnect();
            addButtons();
            reconnect(this);
        });
        reconnect(observer);

        function reconnect(observer) {
            var config = {
            'childList': true,
            'subtree': true
            };
            observer.observe(document, config);
        }
    }

    //checks if we're on google images
    function isGoogleImgs() {
        return document.getElementsByClassName('rg_ic').length !== 0;
    }
})();