StackOverflow: Highlight Your Text

This userscript highlights the questions, answers, and comments you've made on StackOverflow and StackExchange to distinguish you from other users.

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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 Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

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         StackOverflow: Highlight Your Text
// @namespace    DanKaplanSES
// @version      0.2
// @description  This userscript highlights the questions, answers, and comments you've made on StackOverflow and StackExchange to distinguish you from other users.
// @author       DanKaplanSES
// @match        https://*.stackoverflow.com/questions/*
// @match        https://*.superuser.com/questions/*
// @match        https://*.stackexchange.com/questions/*
// @match        https://*.serverfault.com/questions/*
// @match        https://*.askubuntu.com/questions/*
// @match        https://*.stackapps.com/questions/*
// @match        https://*.mathoverflow.net/questions/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=stackoverflow.com
// @require      https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js
// @grant        none
// @license      MIT
// @supportURL   https://github.com/DanKaplanSES
// ==/UserScript==

// Not used, but helpful information for https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
const darkBackgroundColor = `#252627`;
const lightBackgroundColor = `#FFFFFF`;

jQuery.noConflict(true)(function($) {
    setTimeout(() => {
        const isDarkTheme = $(`.theme-dark`).length > 0;
        const highlightColor = isDarkTheme ? `#FFA953` : `#A8681A`; // Change this line for custom colors

        const userCardSelector = `a.s-user-card`;
        const userHref = $(userCardSelector)?.attr("href");
        if (userHref === undefined || userHref === null) {
            console.info(`The "Color Code Your Text" userscript could not find an href attribute with this CSS selector: '${userCardSelector}'. Exiting early.`);
            console.info(`Possible cause: you are not logged in.`);
            return;
        }
        const linkSelector = `*[href="${userHref}"]`;

        $(`#content`).find(linkSelector).each(function () {
            $(this).parents(`.postcell, .answercell`).find($(`.s-prose`)).each(function () {
                $(this).css({ "color": highlightColor });
                $(this).find(`blockquote`).css({ "color": highlightColor });
                $(this).find(`code`).css({ "color": highlightColor });
            });

            $(this).parents(`.comment-body`).find(`.comment-copy`).each(function () {
                $(this).css({ "color": highlightColor });
                $(this).find(`blockquote`).css({ "color": highlightColor });
                $(this).find(`code`).css({ "color": highlightColor });
            });
        });

    }, 500);
});