Automatically sets Reddit's default sorting order for home and subreddits.
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Reddit Default Sort
// @version 1.0.0
// @description Automatically sets Reddit's default sorting order for home and subreddits.
// @author yodaluca23
// @license MIT
// @match *://*.reddit.com/*
// @grant GM_getValue
// @grant GM_setValue
// @namespace https://greatest.deepsurf.us/users/1315976
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// Default values
const defaultHomePageSort = "new";
const defaultSubredditSort = "new";
// Function to get the stored sort option, or the default if none is stored.
function getSortOption(key, defaultValue) {
let value = GM_getValue(key);
return value === undefined ? defaultValue : value;
}
// Get the stored sort options
let homePageSort = getSortOption("homePageSort", defaultHomePageSort);
let subredditSort = getSortOption("subredditSort", defaultSubredditSort);
// Function to redirect if necessary
function redirectIfNeeded() {
const currentUrl = window.location.href;
// Check for home page URLs
const homeUrls = [
"https://www.reddit.com/",
"https://www.reddit.com/?feed=home",
"https://www.reddit.com/best/?feed=home",
"https://www.reddit.com/hot/?feed=home",
"https://www.reddit.com/top/?feed=home",
"https://www.reddit.com/new/?feed=home",
"https://www.reddit.com/rising/?feed=home"
];
const homeTargetUrl = `https://www.reddit.com/${homePageSort}/?feed=home`;
if (homeUrls.includes(currentUrl) && currentUrl !== homeTargetUrl) {
window.location.replace(homeTargetUrl);
return;
}
// Check for subreddit URLs
const subredditPattern = /https:\/\/www\.reddit\.com\/r\/([^/]+)(\/)?(\?.*)?$/;
if (subredditPattern.test(currentUrl)) {
const match = currentUrl.match(subredditPattern);
const subredditName = match[1];
const targetUrl = `https://www.reddit.com/r/${subredditName}/${subredditSort}`;
if (currentUrl !== targetUrl) {
window.location.replace(targetUrl);
}
}
}
// Function to create the settings UI
function createSettingsUI() {
// Create the settings container
const settingsContainer = document.createElement('div');
settingsContainer.style.position = 'fixed';
settingsContainer.style.top = '50%';
settingsContainer.style.left = '50%';
settingsContainer.style.transform = 'translate(-50%, -50%)';
settingsContainer.style.backgroundColor = 'white';
settingsContainer.style.border = '1px solid #ccc';
settingsContainer.style.padding = '15px';
settingsContainer.style.borderRadius = '10px';
settingsContainer.style.boxShadow = '0px 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)';
settingsContainer.style.zIndex = '1000';
settingsContainer.style.minWidth = '250px';
settingsContainer.style.textAlign = 'center';
// Home page sort select
const homePageLabel = document.createElement('label');
homePageLabel.textContent = 'Home Page Sort:';
const homePageSelect = document.createElement('select');
homePageSelect.id = 'homePageSortSelect';
['best', 'hot', 'top', 'new', 'rising'].forEach(option => {
const opt = document.createElement('option');
opt.value = option;
opt.textContent = option.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + option.slice(1);
homePageSelect.appendChild(opt);
});
homePageSelect.value = homePageSort;
// Subreddit sort select
const subredditLabel = document.createElement('label');
subredditLabel.textContent = 'Subreddit Sort:';
const subredditSelect = document.createElement('select');
subredditSelect.id = 'subredditSortSelect';
['best', 'hot', 'top', 'new', 'rising'].forEach(option => {
const opt = document.createElement('option');
opt.value = option;
opt.textContent = option.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + option.slice(1);
subredditSelect.appendChild(opt);
});
subredditSelect.value = subredditSort;
// Save button
const saveButton = document.createElement('button');
saveButton.textContent = 'Save Settings';
saveButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
homePageSort = document.getElementById('homePageSortSelect').value;
subredditSort = document.getElementById('subredditSortSelect').value;
GM_setValue("homePageSort", homePageSort);
GM_setValue("subredditSort", subredditSort);
alert('Settings Saved!');
settingsContainer.remove(); // Remove the settings UI after saving
redirectIfNeeded(); // Redirect immediately after saving
});
// Close button
const closeButton = document.createElement('button');
closeButton.textContent = 'Close';
closeButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
settingsContainer.remove();
});
// Append elements
settingsContainer.appendChild(homePageLabel);
settingsContainer.appendChild(homePageSelect);
settingsContainer.appendChild(subredditLabel);
settingsContainer.appendChild(subredditSelect);
settingsContainer.appendChild(saveButton);
settingsContainer.appendChild(closeButton);
document.body.appendChild(settingsContainer);
}
// Add a button to the page to open the settings
function addSettingsButton() {
const container = document.querySelector('.pl-lg.gap-xs.flex.items-center.justify-end');
if (!container) {
console.warn("Sort Settings button: Target container not found.");
return; // Exit if container is missing
}
const settingsButton = document.createElement('button');
settingsButton.textContent = 'Sort Settings';
settingsButton.style.marginLeft = '10px'; // Add spacing
settingsButton.className = 'btn btn-primary'; // Reddit-style button class
settingsButton.addEventListener('click', createSettingsUI);
container.appendChild(settingsButton);
}
// Initialize
addSettingsButton();
redirectIfNeeded();
// Function to monitor URL changes in single-page app
function observeUrlChanges(callback) {
let lastUrl = location.href;
new MutationObserver(() => {
if (location.href !== lastUrl) {
lastUrl = location.href;
callback();
}
}).observe(document, { subtree: true, childList: true });
// Also intercept history changes
const pushState = history.pushState;
const replaceState = history.replaceState;
history.pushState = function() {
pushState.apply(this, arguments);
callback();
};
history.replaceState = function() {
replaceState.apply(this, arguments);
callback();
};
}
// Run `redirectIfNeeded` whenever Reddit changes the page
observeUrlChanges(redirectIfNeeded);
})();