Stay on the Latest Tweets timeline, reduce "engagement" and tone down some of Twitter's UI
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Tweak New Twitter
// @description Stay on the Latest Tweets timeline, reduce "engagement" and tone down some of Twitter's UI
// @namespace https://github.com/insin/tweak-new-twitter/
// @match https://twitter.com/*
// @match https://mobile.twitter.com/*
// @version 18
// ==/UserScript==
//#region Config & variables
/**
* Default config enables all features.
*
* You'll need to edit the config object manually for now if you're using this
* as a user script.
*/
let config = {
alwaysUseLatestTweets: true,
fastBlock: true,
hideBookmarksNav: true,
hideExploreNav: true,
hideListsNav: true,
hideSidebarContent: true,
hideWhoToFollowEtc: true,
navBaseFontSize: true,
/** @type {'separate'|'hide'|'ignore'} */
retweets: 'separate',
}
config.enableDebugLogging = false
const HOME = 'Home'
const LATEST_TWEETS = 'Latest Tweets'
const MESSAGES = 'Messages'
const RETWEETS = 'Retweets'
const PROFILE_TITLE_RE = /\(@[a-z\d_]{1,15}\)$/
const TITLE_NOTIFICATION_RE = /^\(\d+\+?\) /
const URL_PHOTO_RE = /photo\/\d$/
let Selectors = {
PRIMARY_COLUMN: 'div[data-testid="primaryColumn"]',
PRIMARY_NAV: 'nav[aria-label="Primary"]',
NAV_HOME_LINK: 'a[data-testid="AppTabBar_Home_Link"]',
SIDEBAR_COLUMN: 'div[data-testid="sidebarColumn"]',
TWEET: 'div[data-testid="tweet"]',
PROMOTED_TWEET: '[data-testid="placementTracking"]',
TIMELINE_HEADING: 'h2[role="heading"]',
}
Object.assign(Selectors, {
SIDEBAR_FOOTER: `${Selectors.SIDEBAR_COLUMN} nav`,
SIDEBAR_PEOPLE: `${Selectors.SIDEBAR_COLUMN} aside`,
SIDEBAR_TRENDS: `${Selectors.SIDEBAR_COLUMN} section`,
TIMELINE: `${Selectors.PRIMARY_COLUMN} section > h1 + div[aria-label] > div`,
})
/** Title of the current page, without the ' / Twitter' suffix */
let currentPage = ''
/** Notification count in the title (including trailing space), e.g. '(1) ' */
let currentNotificationCount = ''
/** Current URL path */
let currentPath = ''
/** Flag for a Home / Latest Tweets link having been clicked */
let homeLinkClicked = false
/**
* MutationObservers active on the current page
* @type MutationObserver[]
*/
let pageObservers = []
//#endregion
//#region Utility functions
function addStyle(css) {
let $style = document.createElement('style')
$style.dataset.insertedBy = 'tweak-new-twitter'
$style.textContent = css
document.head.appendChild($style)
return $style
}
/**
* @returns {Promise<HTMLElement>}
*/
function getElement(selector, {
name = null,
stopIf = null,
target = document,
timeout = Infinity,
} = {}) {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
let rafId
let timeoutId
function stop($element, reason) {
if ($element == null) {
log(`stopped waiting for ${name || selector} after ${reason}`)
}
if (rafId) {
cancelAnimationFrame(rafId)
}
if (timeoutId) {
clearTimeout(timeoutId)
}
resolve($element)
}
if (timeout !== Infinity) {
timeoutId = setTimeout(stop, timeout, null, `${timeout}ms timeout`)
}
function queryElement() {
let $element = target.querySelector(selector)
if ($element) {
stop($element)
}
else if (stopIf != null && stopIf() === true) {
stop(null, 'stopIf condition met')
}
else {
rafId = requestAnimationFrame(queryElement)
}
}
queryElement()
})
}
function log(...args) {
if (config.enableDebugLogging) {
console.log(`TWT${currentPage ? `(${currentPage})` : ''}`, ...args)
}
}
function observeElement($element, listener, options = {childList: true}) {
listener([])
let observer = new MutationObserver(listener)
observer.observe($element, options)
return observer
}
function pageIsNot(page) {
return () => page != currentPage
}
function s(n) {
return n == 1 ? '' : 's'
}
//#endregion
//#region Global observers
function observeHtmlFontSize() {
let $html = document.querySelector('html')
let $style = addStyle('')
let lastFontSize = ''
log('observing html style attribute for font-size changes')
let observer = observeElement($html, () => {
if ($html.style.fontSize != lastFontSize) {
lastFontSize = $html.style.fontSize
log(`setting nav font size to ${lastFontSize}`)
$style.textContent = [
`${Selectors.PRIMARY_NAV} div[dir="auto"] span { font-size: ${lastFontSize}; font-weight: normal; }`,
`${Selectors.PRIMARY_NAV} div[dir="auto"] { margin-top: -4px; }`
].join('\n')
}
}, {
attributes: true,
attributeFilter: ['style']
})
return {
disconnect() {
$style.remove()
observer.disconnect()
}
}
}
async function observeTitle() {
let $title = await getElement('title', {name: '<title>'})
log('observing <title>')
return observeElement($title, () => onTitleChange($title.textContent), {
childList: true,
})
}
async function observePopups() {
let $keyboardWrapper = await getElement('[data-at-shortcutkeys]', {
name: 'keyboard wrapper',
})
log('observing popups')
observeElement($keyboardWrapper.previousElementSibling, (mutations) => {
mutations.forEach((mutation) => {
// The first popup takes another tick to render content
mutation.addedNodes.forEach($el => requestAnimationFrame(() => onPopup($el)))
})
})
}
//#endregion
//#region Page observers
async function observeSidebarAppearance(page) {
let $primaryColumn = await getElement(Selectors.PRIMARY_COLUMN, {
name: 'primary column',
stopIf: pageIsNot(page),
})
log('observing responsive sidebar')
pageObservers.push(
observeElement($primaryColumn.parentNode, (mutations) => {
mutations.forEach((mutation) => {
mutation.addedNodes.forEach((el) => {
if (el.dataset.testid == 'sidebarColumn') {
log('sidebar appeared')
hideSidebarContents(page)
}
})
})
})
)
}
async function observeTimeline(page) {
let $timeline = await getElement(Selectors.TIMELINE, {
name: 'timeline',
stopIf: pageIsNot(page),
})
if ($timeline == null) {
return
}
// On 2020-04-03 Twitter switched to a new way of rendering the timeline which replaces an initial
// container with the real element which holds timeline tweets and reduces the number of elements
// wrapping the timeline.
//
// v1.9 was released to handle this.
//
// On 2020-04-05 they switched back to the old method.
//
// This attempts to support both approaches in case they keeping switching between the two.
// The "new" inital timeline element is a placeholder which doesn't have a style attribute
// The "old" timeline has 2 wrapper divs which apply padding via the DOM .style object
if ($timeline.hasAttribute('style')) {
// The "old" timeline is nested one level deeper and the initial container has padding-bottom
// <div aria-label="Timeline: Your Home Timeline">
// <div style="padding-bottom: 0px"> <!-- current $timeline -->
// <div style="padding-top: ...px; padding-bottom: ...px"> <!-- we want to observe this -->
// <div> <!-- tweet elements are at this level -->
// ...
if ($timeline.style.paddingBottom) {
$timeline = $timeline.firstElementChild
log('observing "old" timeline', {$timeline})
}
else {
log('observing "new" timeline', {$timeline})
}
pageObservers.push(
observeElement($timeline, () => onTimelineChange($timeline, page))
)
}
else {
log('waiting for real "new" timeline')
pageObservers.push(
observeElement($timeline.parentNode, (mutations) => {
mutations.forEach((mutation) => {
mutation.addedNodes.forEach(($timeline) => {
log('observing "new" timeline', {$timeline})
pageObservers.push(
observeElement($timeline, () => onTimelineChange($timeline, page))
)
})
})
})
)
}
}
//#endregion
//#region Tweak functions
async function addRetweetsHeader(page) {
let $timelineTitle = await getElement('main h2', {
name: 'timeline title',
stopIf: pageIsNot(page),
})
if ($timelineTitle != null &&
document.querySelector('#twt_retweets') == null) {
log('inserting Retweets header')
let div = document.createElement('div')
div.innerHTML = $timelineTitle.parentElement.outerHTML
let $retweets = div.firstElementChild
$retweets.querySelector('h2').id = 'twt_retweets'
$retweets.querySelector('span').textContent = RETWEETS
// This script assumes navigation has occurred when the document title changes,
// so by changing the title to "Retweets" we effectively fake navigation to a
// non-existent Retweets page.
$retweets.addEventListener('click', () => {
if (!document.title.startsWith(RETWEETS)) {
setTitle(RETWEETS)
}
window.scrollTo({top: 0})
})
$timelineTitle.parentElement.parentElement.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', $retweets)
// Go back to the main timeline from Retweets when the Latest Tweets / Home heading is clicked
$timelineTitle.parentElement.addEventListener('click', () => {
if (!document.title.startsWith(page)) {
homeLinkClicked = true
setTitle(page)
}
})
// Go back to the main timeline from Retweets when the Home nav link is clicked
document.querySelector(Selectors.NAV_HOME_LINK).addEventListener('click', () => {
homeLinkClicked = true
if (location.pathname == '/home' && !document.title.startsWith(page)) {
setTitle(page)
}
})
}
}
function addStaticCss() {
var cssRules = []
var hideCssSelectors = []
if (config.hideSidebarContent) {
hideCssSelectors.push(
Selectors.SIDEBAR_TRENDS,
Selectors.SIDEBAR_PEOPLE,
Selectors.SIDEBAR_FOOTER
)
}
if (config.hideExploreNav) {
hideCssSelectors.push(`${Selectors.PRIMARY_NAV} a[href="/explore"]`)
}
if (config.hideBookmarksNav) {
hideCssSelectors.push(`${Selectors.PRIMARY_NAV} a[href="/i/bookmarks"]`)
}
if (config.hideListsNav) {
hideCssSelectors.push(`${Selectors.PRIMARY_NAV} a[href*="/lists"]`)
}
if (hideCssSelectors.length > 0) {
cssRules.push(`${hideCssSelectors.join(', ')} { display: none !important; }`)
}
if (cssRules.length > 0) {
addStyle(cssRules.join('\n'))
}
}
function getTweetType($tweet) {
if ($tweet.closest(Selectors.PROMOTED_TWEET)) {
return 'PROMOTED_TWEET'
}
if ($tweet.previousElementSibling != null &&
$tweet.previousElementSibling.textContent.includes('Retweeted')) {
return 'RETWEET'
}
return 'TWEET'
}
async function hideSidebarContents(page) {
let trends = getElement(Selectors.SIDEBAR_TRENDS, {
name: 'sidebar trends',
stopIf: pageIsNot(page),
timeout: 4000,
}).then(($trends) => {
if ($trends == null) {
return false
}
let $trendsModule = $trends.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement
$trendsModule.style.display = 'none'
// Hide surrounding elements which draw separators between modules
if ($trendsModule.previousElementSibling &&
$trendsModule.previousElementSibling.childElementCount == 0) {
(/** @type {HTMLElement} */ ($trendsModule.previousElementSibling)).style.display = 'none'
}
if ($trendsModule.nextElementSibling &&
$trendsModule.nextElementSibling.childElementCount == 0) {
(/** @type {HTMLElement} */ ($trendsModule.nextElementSibling)).style.display = 'none'
}
return true
})
let people = getElement(Selectors.SIDEBAR_PEOPLE, {
name: 'sidebar people',
stopIf: pageIsNot(page),
timeout: 4000,
}).then(($people) => {
if ($people == null) {
return false
}
let $peopleModule
if ($people.getAttribute('aria-label') == 'Relevant people') {
// "Relevant people" section when viewing a Tweet/thread
$peopleModule = $people.parentElement
}
else {
// "Who to follow" section
$peopleModule = $people.parentElement
}
$peopleModule.style.display = 'none'
return true
})
let [hidTrends, hidPeople] = await Promise.all([trends, people])
log(hidTrends == true && hidPeople == true
? 'hid all sidebar content'
: 'stopped waiting for sidebar content')
}
function onPopup($topLevelElement) {
// Block button
let $confirmButton = $topLevelElement.querySelector('div[data-testid="confirmationSheetConfirm"]')
if ($confirmButton && $confirmButton.innerText == 'Block') {
if (config.fastBlock) {
log('Fast blocking')
$confirmButton.click()
}
return
}
}
/** @typedef {'TWEET'|'RETWEET'|'PROMOTED_TWEET'|'HEADING'} TimelineItemType */
function onTimelineChange($timeline, page) {
log(`processing ${$timeline.children.length} timeline item${s($timeline.children.length)}`)
/** @type {HTMLElement} */
let $previousItem = null
/** @type {?TimelineItemType} */
let previousTimelineItemType = null
for (let $item of $timeline.children) {
/** @type {?TimelineItemType} */
let timelineItemType = null
let hideItem = null
let $tweet = $item.querySelector(Selectors.TWEET)
if ($tweet != null) {
timelineItemType = getTweetType($tweet)
if (page == LATEST_TWEETS || page == RETWEETS || page == HOME) {
hideItem = shouldHideTweet(timelineItemType, page)
}
}
if (timelineItemType == null && config.hideWhoToFollowEtc) {
// "Who to follow", "Follow some Topics" etc. headings
if ($item.querySelector(Selectors.TIMELINE_HEADING)) {
timelineItemType = 'HEADING'
hideItem = true
// Also hide the divider above the heading
if ($previousItem && $previousItem.innerText == '') {
$previousItem.firstElementChild.display = 'none'
}
}
}
if (timelineItemType == null) {
// Assume a non-identified item following an identified item is related to it
// "Who to follow" users and "Follow some Topics" topics appear in subsequent items
// "Show this thread" and "Show more" links appear in subsequent items
if (previousTimelineItemType != null) {
hideItem = previousTimelineItemType == 'HEADING' || shouldHideTweet(previousTimelineItemType, page)
}
// The first item in the timeline is sometimes an empty placeholder <div>
else if ($item !== $timeline.firstElementChild) {
// We're probably also missing some spacer / divider nodes
log('unhandled timeline item', $item)
}
}
if (hideItem != null) {
(/** @type {HTMLElement} */ ($item.firstElementChild)).style.display = hideItem ? 'none' : ''
// Log these out as they can't be reliably triggered for testing
if (timelineItemType == 'HEADING' || previousTimelineItemType == 'HEADING') {
log(`hid a ${previousTimelineItemType == 'HEADING' ? 'post-' : ''}heading item`, $item)
}
}
$previousItem = $item
// If we hid a heading, keep hiding everything after it until we hit a tweet
if (!(previousTimelineItemType == 'HEADING' && timelineItemType == null)) {
previousTimelineItemType = timelineItemType
}
}
}
function onTitleChange(title) {
// Ignore any leading notification counts in titles, e.g. '(1) Latest Tweets / Twitter'
let notificationCount = ''
if (TITLE_NOTIFICATION_RE.test(title)) {
notificationCount = TITLE_NOTIFICATION_RE.exec(title)[0]
title = title.replace(TITLE_NOTIFICATION_RE, '')
}
let homeLinkWasClicked = homeLinkClicked
homeLinkClicked = false
// Ignore Flash of Uninitialised Title when navigating to a screen for the
// first time.
if (title == 'Twitter') {
log('ignoring Flash of Uninitialised Title')
return
}
// Only allow the same page to re-process if the "Customize your view" dialog
// is currently open.
let newPage = title.split(' / ')[0]
if (newPage == currentPage && location.pathname != '/i/display') {
log('ignoring duplicate title change')
currentNotificationCount = notificationCount
return
}
// Stay on the Retweets timeline when…
if (currentPage == RETWEETS &&
// …the title has changed back to the main timeline…
(newPage == LATEST_TWEETS || newPage == HOME) &&
// …the Home nav or Latest Tweets / Home header _wasn't_ clicked and…
!homeLinkWasClicked &&
(
// …the user viewed a photo.
URL_PHOTO_RE.test(location.pathname) ||
// …the user stopped viewing a photo.
URL_PHOTO_RE.test(currentPath) ||
// …the user opened or used the "Customize your view" dialog.
location.pathname == '/i/display' ||
// …the user closed the "Customize your view" dialog.
currentPath == '/i/display' ||
// …the user opened the "Send via Direct Message" dialog.
location.pathname == '/messages/compose' ||
// …the user closed the "Send via Direct Message" dialog.
currentPath == '/messages/compose' ||
// …the user opened the compose Tweet dialog.
location.pathname == '/compose/tweet' ||
// …the user closed the compose Tweet dialog.
currentPath == '/compose/tweet' ||
// …the notification count in the title changed.
notificationCount != currentNotificationCount
)) {
log('ignoring title change on Retweets timeline')
currentNotificationCount = notificationCount
currentPath = location.pathname
setTitle(RETWEETS)
return
}
// Assumption: all non-FOUT, non-duplicate title changes are navigation, which
// need the screen to be re-processed.
if (pageObservers.length > 0) {
log(`disconnecting ${pageObservers.length} page observer${s(pageObservers.length)}`)
pageObservers.forEach(observer => observer.disconnect())
pageObservers = []
}
currentPage = newPage
currentNotificationCount = notificationCount
currentPath = location.pathname
log('processing new page')
if (config.alwaysUseLatestTweets && currentPage == HOME) {
return switchToLatestTweets(currentPage)
}
if (config.retweets == 'separate') {
document.body.classList.toggle(HOME, currentPage == HOME)
document.body.classList.toggle('LatestTweets', currentPage == LATEST_TWEETS)
document.body.classList.toggle(RETWEETS, currentPage == RETWEETS)
updateThemeColor()
}
if (config.retweets == 'separate' && (currentPage == LATEST_TWEETS || currentPage == RETWEETS || currentPage == HOME)) {
addRetweetsHeader(currentPage)
}
if ((config.retweets != 'ignore' || config.hideWhoToFollowEtc) && (currentPage == LATEST_TWEETS || currentPage == RETWEETS || currentPage == HOME) ||
config.hideWhoToFollowEtc && PROFILE_TITLE_RE.test(currentPage)) {
observeTimeline(currentPage)
}
if (config.hideSidebarContent && currentPage != MESSAGES) {
hideSidebarContents(currentPage)
observeSidebarAppearance(currentPage)
}
}
/**
* Sets the page name in <title>, retaining any current notification count.
* @param {string} page
*/
function setTitle(page) {
document.title = `${currentNotificationCount}${page} / Twitter`
}
function shouldHideTweet(tweetType, page) {
return tweetType != (page == RETWEETS ? 'RETWEET' : 'TWEET')
}
async function switchToLatestTweets(page) {
let $switchButton = await getElement('div[aria-label="Top Tweets on"]', {
name: 'timeline switch button',
stopIf: pageIsNot(page),
})
if ($switchButton == null) {
return false
}
$switchButton.click()
let $seeLatestTweetsInstead = await getElement('div[role="menu"] div[role="menuitem"]', {
name: '"See latest Tweets instead" menu item',
stopIf: pageIsNot(page),
})
if ($seeLatestTweetsInstead == null) {
return false
}
$seeLatestTweetsInstead.closest('div[tabindex="0"]').click()
return true
}
let updateThemeColor = (function() {
let $style = addStyle('')
let lastThemeColor = null
return async function updateThemeColor() {
// Only try to update if the "Customize your view" dialog is open or we
// haven't set an inital color yet.
if (location.pathname !== '/i/display' && lastThemeColor != null) {
return
}
let $tweetButton = await getElement('a[data-testid="SideNav_NewTweet_Button"]', {
name: 'Tweet button'
})
let themeColor = getComputedStyle($tweetButton).backgroundColor
if (themeColor === lastThemeColor) {
return
}
log(`setting theme color to ${themeColor}`)
lastThemeColor = themeColor
$style.textContent = [
'body.Home main h2:not(#twt_retweets)',
'body.LatestTweets main h2:not(#twt_retweets)',
'body.Retweets #twt_retweets',
].join(', ') + ` { color: ${lastThemeColor}; }`
}
})()
//#endregion
//#region Main
function main() {
log('config', config)
addStaticCss()
if (config.fastBlock) {
observePopups()
}
if (config.navBaseFontSize) {
observeHtmlFontSize()
}
if (config.retweets != 'ignore' || config.hideSidebarContent) {
observeTitle()
}
}
main()
//#endregion