Hide StackOverflow Sidebars

The minimum viable StackOverflow UI while removing all distractions

2024-01-21 يوللانغان نەشرى. ئەڭ يېڭى نەشرىنى كۆرۈش.

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.

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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 a user style manager extension to install this style.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         Hide StackOverflow Sidebars
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      2024-01-21a
// @description  The minimum viable StackOverflow UI while removing all distractions
// @author       Kristian Rados
// @license      MIT

// @match        *://superuser.com/questions/*
// @match        *://stackoverflow.com/questions/*
// @match        *://askubuntu.com/questions/*
// @match        *://serverfault.com/questions/*
// @match        *://*.stackexchange.com/questions/*
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Remove left sidebar (I have not used it a single time in my life)
    var removables = ['left-sidebar']; // Can add more IDs here
    for (var i = 0; i < removables.length; i++) {
        var element = document.getElementById(removables[i]);
        if (element) {
            element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
        }
    }
    document.getElementById("content").style.border="none";

    // Make question and answers take up whole width of page
    document.getElementById("content").style.margin="0";
    document.getElementById("content").style.width="100%";
    document.getElementById("content").style.maxWidth="none";

    // Moves Linked and Related questions to bottom of page
    // COMMENT OUT this line if you prefer them next to the question
    document.getElementById("mainbar").style.width="auto";

    // Clean up right sidebar
    // Adapted from https://github.com/ShivanKaul/SidebarOverflow/blob/master/extension/src/remove.js
    var hiring = document.getElementById("hireme");
    console.log(document.getElementById("sidebar").children);
    console.log(document.getElementById("sidebar").children[0]);
    var meta = document.getElementById("sidebar").children[0];
    var hot_network_qs = document.getElementById("hot-network-questions");
    var chat = document.getElementById("chat-feature");
    if (hiring) {
        hiring.parentNode.removeChild(hiring);
    }
    if (meta) {
        meta.parentNode.removeChild(meta);
    }
    if (hot_network_qs) {
        hot_network_qs.parentNode.removeChild(hot_network_qs);
    }
    if (chat) {
        chat.parentNode.removeChild(chat);
    }
})();