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Google Books - load clicked links in a new tab

A small UserScript to ensure that links in a page of Google Books results load to a new tab, on click

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         Google Books - load clicked links in a new tab
  3. // @version      1.0
  4. // @namespace    dhaden
  5. // @description  A small UserScript to ensure that links in a page of Google Books results load to a new tab, on click
  6. // @author       dhaden
  7. // @match        https://www.google.com/search?q=*tbm=bks*
  8. // @license      MIT
  9. // @grant        none
  10. // @run-at       document-end
  11. // ==/UserScript==
  12.  
  13. 	// Add code to launch the links in a new tab, on each link being clicked
  14.     const whitelist = [
  15.         "posting.php",
  16.         "#top",
  17.     ];
  18.  
  19.     for (const link of document.querySelectorAll("a")) {
  20.         if (!whitelist.some(term => link.href.includes(term))) {
  21.             link.target = "_blank";
  22.         }
  23.     }