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Figured I'd cobble together a quick-n-dirty greasemonkey/tapermonkey script to slighly modify the CSS to feel a little more like old.reddit with RES. Still not quite as compact as I'd like, but it's getting there.

**edit/update: **

changelog

  • All future versions on github: https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/
  • v0.4 - reformatted to remove greater-than signs; added observer to catch and reformat new comments;
  • v0.3 - added script to move the comment collapse button to be in front of user name (thanks @DarkwingDuck); tightened up the code, removed unneeded function call.
  • v0.2 - modified to work on any lemmy instance (thank you, God!)
// ==UserScript==
// @name         Lemmy to Old.Reddit Re-format (Observer)
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.4
// @description  Reformat widescreen desktop to look more like Reddit
// @author       mershed_perderders, DarkwingDuck
// @match        https://*/*
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
	'use strict';

	var isLemmy = document.head.querySelector("[name~=Description][content]").content === "Lemmy";

	function GM_addStyle(css) {
		const style = document.getElementById("GM_addStyleBy8626") || (function() {
			const style = document.createElement('style');
			style.type = 'text/css';
			style.id = "GM_addStyleBy8626";
			document.head.appendChild(style);
			return style;
		})();
		const sheet = style.sheet;
		sheet.insertRule(css, (sheet.rules || sheet.cssRules || []).length);
	}

	function MoveCommentCollapseButton(container) {
		var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector(".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
		var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector(".mr-2");
		//-- Swap last to first.
		container.insertBefore(firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
	}

	function ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(element) {
		const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutationsList) {
			for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
				if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
					for (let addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
						if (addedNode.matches('.d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small')) {
							MoveCommentCollapseButton(addedNode);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		});

		observer.observe(element, { childList: true, subtree: true });
	}

  //Lemmy to old.Reddit style reformats (to be used for custom stylesheet at a later date)
	if (isLemmy) {
		GM_addStyle(".container-fluid, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl {   margin-right: unset !important; margin-left: unset !important;}");
		GM_addStyle(".container, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl { max-width: 100% !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-4 { flex: 0 0 20% !important; max-width: 20%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-8 { flex: 0 0 80% !important; max-width: 80%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-sm-2 { flex: 0 0 9% !important; max-width: 10%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-1 { flex: 0 0 4% !important; max-width: 5%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-2, .my-2 { margin-bottom: 0.3rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-3, .my-3 { margin-bottom: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mt-3, .my-3 { margin-top: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".thumbnail {   min-height: 100px; max-height: 125px; }");
		GM_addStyle(".vote-bar { margin-top: 15px !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".comments {  margin-left: 20px; }");

		// Move comment collapse buttons for existing elements
		var divList = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
		divList.forEach(MoveCommentCollapseButton);

		// Apply MoveCommentCollapseButton to dynamically loaded elements
		ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(document.documentElement);
	}
})();

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Now we just need to get rid of the image preview for really old farts like me. I also wouldn't mind a theme that gets rid of the inline images in comments and just replaces them with a link.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this would be really nice at a high level that prevents them from being loaded. Always the first thing I did on creating a new Reddit user.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you think this would be adaptable into an official bootstrap theme for Lemmy? Then instance admins can install it locally and it would be selectable from the settings UI.

Info here: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/theming.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The CSS from the script could just be appended to any bootstrap css file and then admins could use that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe? I gotta be honest, UX / UI is not my area. I really had to poke around and stretch my CSS knowledge to make this script

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I gotta be honest, UX / UI is not my area.

I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. It looks fantastic! Really great job!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

heh. I did what all good artists do: I shamelessly stole the idea from somebody else (reddit in this case)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, congrats because it looks great. You did way better than I would have done. Hoping someone else with more subject matter knowledge can weigh in. I would love to install this as default for my users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good shit, That fixes most of the UI complaints from me. One other think I can think of is making the post a bit smaller to fit more on the screen. Much better than default though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. Here is about as tight as I can get it: https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/blob/main/old.reddit.compact

Give it a shot and see what you think

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Brilliant, I can see so much more of the main page. one less than old.reddit.com but that doesn't really matter. Thank you so much!
I know there isn't anything you can do but one of the things I'll miss about reddit is the custom CSS. I hope some form of custom CSS gets added to lemmy. I'll miss the "unique" design of r/mildlyinfuriating or the complete insanity of r/ooer (I tried to link WayBackMachine but it seems to be down)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Looks awesome, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This looks awesome. I look forward to trying it next time I'm on desktop. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

:( It doesn't work for me. I'm using firefox, so maybe some levated security or something is getting in the way of it working.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

which *monkey are you using?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

got it. For whatever reason GM doesn't like the @grant statement. I've added the addStyles fucntion back in and it should work.

Get the updated script here: https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/blob/main/old.reddit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That did it! Hooray! You're the freaking best, with the best name too!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

i hadn't even understood the name lol, i thought it was the name of some philosopher of something hahahahah

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pull Request: I made the max width of comments and reply boxes to 840px

lines changed: 64-65. Inserted:

		GM_addStyle(".comment p {  max-width: 840px }");
		GM_addStyle(".comment textarea {  max-width: 840px }");

:::spoiler full code:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Lemmy to Old.Reddit Re-format (Observer)
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.4
// @description  Reformat widescreen desktop to look more like Reddit
// @author       mershed_perderders, DarkwingDuck
// @match        https://*/*
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
	'use strict';

	var isLemmy = document.head.querySelector("[name~=Description][content]").content === "Lemmy";

	function GM_addStyle(css) {
		const style = document.getElementById("GM_addStyleBy8626") || (function() {
			const style = document.createElement('style');
			style.type = 'text/css';
			style.id = "GM_addStyleBy8626";
			document.head.appendChild(style);
			return style;
		})();
		const sheet = style.sheet;
		sheet.insertRule(css, (sheet.rules || sheet.cssRules || []).length);
	}

	function MoveCommentCollapseButton(container) {
		var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector(".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
		var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector(".mr-2");
		//-- Swap last to first.
		container.insertBefore(firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
	}

	function ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(element) {
		const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutationsList) {
			for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
				if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
					for (let addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
						if (addedNode.matches('.d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small')) {
							MoveCommentCollapseButton(addedNode);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		});

		observer.observe(element, { childList: true, subtree: true });
	}

  //Lemmy to old.Reddit style reformats (to be used for custom stylesheet at a later date)
	if (isLemmy) {
		GM_addStyle(".container-fluid, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl {   margin-right: unset !important; margin-left: unset !important;}");
		GM_addStyle(".container, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl { max-width: 100% !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-4 { flex: 0 0 20% !important; max-width: 20%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-8 { flex: 0 0 80% !important; max-width: 80%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-sm-2 { flex: 0 0 9% !important; max-width: 10%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-1 { flex: 0 0 4% !important; max-width: 5%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-2, .my-2 { margin-bottom: 0.3rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-3, .my-3 { margin-bottom: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mt-3, .my-3 { margin-top: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".thumbnail {   min-height: 100px; max-height: 125px; }");
		GM_addStyle(".vote-bar { margin-top: 15px !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".comments {  margin-left: 20px; }");
		GM_addStyle(".comment p {  max-width: 840px }");
		GM_addStyle(".comment textarea {  max-width: 840px }");

		// Move comment collapse buttons for existing elements
		var divList = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
		divList.forEach(MoveCommentCollapseButton);

		// Apply MoveCommentCollapseButton to dynamically loaded elements
		ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(document.documentElement);
	}
})();
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

where did you add it? i don't see it on the code on this post

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

all changes are going to the github respository here: https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/blob/main/old.reddit

it's just easier for me to manage there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ah shit, i hadn't seen that, thanks!, i was gonna suggest u do that cuz i wanted to play w it and PR a few things later. thanks for the link, i'll update my version.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your amazing :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love how fast the updates are coming for this haha. Thanks @[email protected] and @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think @[email protected] went to bed, but apparently a formatting issue occurred while copy-pasting, and > was replaced with > which would break the script.

Should be

var div_list = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
var div_array = [...div_list];

div_array.forEach(container => {
    var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector (".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
    var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector (".mr-2");
    //-- Swap last to first.
    container.insertBefore (firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
});

Edit again: something is fucky with right pointing arrow. If you're having trouble, replace > with right pointing arrow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looks like the lemmy ui itself is changing that after the page loads which seems like a bug. If you refresh and watch the code you can see it change

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Alright then, let's avoid right arrow for now. Here is a new and improved version with an Observer that will (or at least should) move the button for dynamically loaded comments as well. Note that the Observer piece was generated by ChatGPT.

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Lemmy to Old.Reddit Re-format (Observer)
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Reformat widescreen desktop to look more like Reddit
// @author       mershed_perderders
// @match        https://*/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
	'use strict';

	var isLemmy = document.head.querySelector("[name~=Description][content]").content === "Lemmy";

	function GM_addStyle(css) {
		const style = document.getElementById("GM_addStyleBy8626") || (function() {
			const style = document.createElement('style');
			style.type = 'text/css';
			style.id = "GM_addStyleBy8626";
			document.head.appendChild(style);
			return style;
		})();
		const sheet = style.sheet;
		sheet.insertRule(css, (sheet.rules || sheet.cssRules || []).length);
	}

	function MoveCommentCollapseButton(container) {
		var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector(".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
		var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector(".mr-2");
		//-- Swap last to first.
		container.insertBefore(firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
	}

	function ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(element) {
		const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutationsList) {
			for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
				if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
					for (let addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
						if (addedNode.matches('.d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small')) {
							MoveCommentCollapseButton(addedNode);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		});

		observer.observe(element, { childList: true, subtree: true });
	}

	if (isLemmy) {
		GM_addStyle(".container-fluid, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl {   margin-right: unset !important; margin-left: unset !important;}");
		GM_addStyle(".container, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl { max-width: 100% !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-4 { flex: 0 0 20% !important; max-width: 20%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-8 { flex: 0 0 80% !important; max-width: 80%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-sm-2 { flex: 0 0 9% !important; max-width: 10%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-1 { flex: 0 0 4% !important; max-width: 5%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-2, .my-2 { margin-bottom: 0.3rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".thumbnail {   min-height: 100px; max-height: 125px; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-3, .my-3 { margin-bottom: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mt-3, .my-3 { margin-top: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".vote-bar { margin-top: 15px !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".comments {  margin-left: 20px; }");

		// Move comment collapse buttons for existing elements
		var divList = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
		divList.forEach(MoveCommentCollapseButton);

		// Apply MoveCommentCollapseButton to dynamically loaded elements
		ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(document.documentElement);
	}
})();
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may want to remove the @icon for now as well. The &'s are getting changed and greasemonkey wasn't saving it since it couldn't resolve the url

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a way to install this as a theme for an instance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, no - not at this time. Partly because I lack the skill to do it, and partly because it isn't really a "theme" as such. It doesn't change the colors or do some of the things a theme typically does. In truth, the script is actually (essentially) theme agnostic - I use it with darkly, but it works with all of the other Lemmy themes without issue (hopefully).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is excellent, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

for special children like me, how do we use such a thing? I'm guessing a browser plugin of some sort?

Thanks for taking the effort to make this place feel like our old, abusive, but still comfortable, home. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, so this relies on a browser extension called Tampermonkey (or greasemonkey depending on your browser).

You install the extension, then create a "new script" and paste in the code above. Then save, refresh the page, and Bob's your uncle (or Betty's your aunt)!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also Violentmonkey. Tampermonkey is the least desirable AFAIK because it's closed source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I personally use violentmonkey, but its usershare is a lot less than grease or tamper. Fortunately, this script "should" work with any of them...

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