Unfix Fixed Elements

Down with ill-conceived element fixing on sites like Medium

Från och med 2018-12-16. Se den senaste versionen.

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 to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

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You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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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         Unfix Fixed Elements
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Down with ill-conceived element fixing on sites like Medium
// @author       alienfucker
// @match        *://*/*
// @grant        none
// @run-at       document_start
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    'use strict';
    const className = "anti-fixing"; // Odds of colliding with another class must be low

    class FixedWatcher {
        constructor() {
            this.watcher = new MutationObserver(this.onMutation.bind(this));
            this.elementTypes = ["div", "header", "footer", "nav"]
            this.changes = [];
        }

        start() {
            this.watcher.observe(document, {
                childList: true,
                attributes: true,
                subtree: true,
                attributeFilter: ["class", "style"],
                attributeOldValue: true
            });
        }

        onMutation(mutations) {
            for (let mutation of mutations) {
                if (mutation.type === "childList") {
                    for (let node of mutation.addedNodes) {
                        if (node.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) continue;

                        if (this.elementTypes.indexOf(node.localName) !== -1) {
                            this.unFix(node);
                        }
                    }
                } else if (mutation.type === "attributes") {
                    if (this.friendlyMutation(mutation)) continue;

                    if (this.elementTypes.indexOf(mutation.target.localName) !== -1) {
                        this.unFix(mutation.target);
                    }
                }
            }

        }

        friendlyMutation(mutation){ // Mutation came from us
            if(mutation.attributeName === "class"){
                let i = this.changes.indexOf(mutation.oldValue);

                if(i !== -1){
                    this.changes.splice(i, 1);
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

        unFix(el) {
            let style = getComputedStyle(el);

            if (style.display === "block" && style.position === "fixed") {
                if (el.classList.contains(className)) {
                    el.classList.remove(className)
                }
                this.changes.push(el.className);
                el.classList.add(className);
            }
        }

        stop() {
            this.watcher.disconnect();
        }

        restore() {
            let els = document.querySelectorAll("." + className);
            for (let el of els) {
                el.classList.remove(className);
            }
        }

    }

    document.documentElement.appendChild((() => {
        let el = document.createElement("style");
        el.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
        el.appendChild(document.createTextNode(`.${className}{ position: static !important }`));
        return el;
    })())

    const fixer = new FixedWatcher();
    fixer.start();

    // Make globally accessible, for debugging purposes
    window.fixer = fixer;
})()