ChatGPT: Readability Styles for Engineers

Makes long, complicated, software-related chats much more readable.

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.

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

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

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

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         ChatGPT: Readability Styles for Engineers
// @namespace    zschuessler
// @version      1.0.3
// @description  Makes long, complicated, software-related chats much more readable.
// @author       [email protected]
// @license      Unlicense
// @match        https://chatgpt.com/*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=chat.openai.com
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    let domSelectors = {
        messageContainers: 'article.text-token-text-primary',
        messageCodeBlocks: 'article.w-full > div pre',
        messageParagraphs: 'article.w-full > div p, article.w-full > div ul p, article.w-full > div ol p, article.w-full > div ol ul li'
    }

    create_style_node_for_css(`
    :root {
      --user-chat-width: 80vw;
    }

    .w-full .mx-auto {
      width: 100vw;
      max-width: 100%;
      padding: 0;
    }

    article .prose {
      width: 80vw;
      max-width: 100%;
      margin: 0 auto;
    }

    article .prose > * {
      max-width: 750px;
    }

    article.w-full .prose > pre {
      width: 80vw;
      overflow: auto;
      max-width: 100%;
    }


    /***
    *Individual message divs:
    * - Now full width
    * - Reduces padding
    * - Forces scrollbar for extra-big code blocks
    */
    ${domSelectors.messageContainers} {
        min-width: 100%;
        padding: 2em 0 3.5em 0;
        overflow: hidden;
        border-bottom: 1px dashed #b2b2b2;
    }

    /**
     * Message paragraphs
     * Puts a max width on paragraphs while keeping the container full width
     * This achieves a more readable paragraph width but still allows full width code blocks
     *
    ${domSelectors.messageParagraphs} {
       max-width: 750px;
       margin: 0 0 15px 0;
    }*/

    /**
     * Message Code Blocks
     * Scales code blocks to be 100%, but never more than 80vw.
     * This makes code blocks infinitely more readable on all viewports.
     *
     ${domSelectors.messageCodeBlocks} {
        width: 80vw;
        overflow: auto;
        max-width: 100%;
      }*/

    /**
     * Force scrollbars
     * Necessary for large code blocks that need to avoid line wrapping
     /
     .w-full {
       overflow: hidden;
     }

   `);
})();

// Simple helper function to create the style tag
function create_style_node_for_css(cssStr) {
    let styleTag = document.createElement('style');
    styleTag.textContent = cssStr;

    let styleTagContainer = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]
        || document.body
        || document.documentElement;

    styleTagContainer.appendChild(styleTag);
}