Add context menu option to open links in the latest archive on the Wayback Machine
// ==UserScript==
// @name Wayback Machine
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 1.1
// @description Add context menu option to open links in the latest archive on the Wayback Machine
// @author sfortis
// @match *://*/*
// @grant GM_registerMenuCommand
// @grant GM_openInTab
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
let lastRightClickedElement = null;
document.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(event) {
lastRightClickedElement = event.target.closest('a'); // Capture the right-clicked link element
}, true);
GM_registerMenuCommand("Open in Wayback Machine", function() {
if (lastRightClickedElement && lastRightClickedElement.href) {
const waybackUrl = `https://web.archive.org/web/2/${lastRightClickedElement.href}`; // "2" redirects to the latest archive
GM_openInTab(waybackUrl, { active: true });
}
});
})();