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click a glossary term in the AO3 FAQ to get its definition in a dialog without leaving the FAQ page
// ==UserScript==
// @name AO3: Glossary Definition Previews
// @description click a glossary term in the AO3 FAQ to get its definition in a dialog without leaving the FAQ page
// @version 2.0
// @author escctrl
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/906106-escctrl
// @match https://archiveofourown.org/faq/*
// @require https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.0/jquery.min.js
// @require https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.13.2/jquery-ui.min.js
// @require https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui-touch-punch/0.2.3/jquery.ui.touch-punch.min.js
// @grant none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
(function($) {
'use strict';
// localstorage glossary DB Map as global variable:
// refreshed -> last refreshed date, lang -> glossary language stored, #anchor -> content
// load the glossary text from localstorage
var gDB = new Map(JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('glossary')));
// which language are we viewing? that's the glossary we want to load
var lang = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
lang = lang.get('language_id');
loadGlossary();
function loadGlossary() {
// reload the glossary text into localstorage...
if (gDB.size == 0 || // if nonexistant
new Date(gDB.get('refreshed')) < createDate(0, -6, 0) || // if more than 6 months old (FAQs don't get updated very often)
gDB.get('lang') !== lang) // if wrong language
{
gDB = new Map([["refreshed", new Date().toString()], ["lang", lang]]); // reset any old loaded data
// read the matching language glossary page and load the descriptions
$.get('https://archiveofourown.org/faq/glossary?language_id='+lang, function(response) {
// nothing to do here, all interactions are in done() and failed()
}).done(function(response) {
// not all languages have a translated Glossary, yet the FAQs still link to it. automatically switch back to English in that case
if ($(response).find('div#faq h3').length === 0) {
lang = "en";
loadGlossary();
return;
}
// pull all the headings and their anchors into gDB
$(response).find('div#faq h3').each(function() {
// anchor is the id on the <h3>
let anchor = $(this).attr('id');
// content is the following text until the next <h3>
let content = "";
$(this).nextUntil('h3').each(function() {
// fixing the fact that crosslinks inside the Glossary need a full relative URL to work within the dialog
$(this).find('a[href^="#"]').each(function(i, elem) {
let href = $(elem).attr('href');
$(elem).attr('href', '/faq/glossary'+href);
});
content += this.outerHTML;
});
// updating that anchor -> content in the Map
gDB.set(anchor, content);
});
// gDB is updated in memory, now saving to localstorage
localStorage.setItem('glossary', JSON.stringify(Array.from(gDB.entries())));
// display called after async storage refresh
displayGlossary();
// thanks to Przemysław Sienkiewicz on Stackoverflow for the code to catch error responses https://stackoverflow.com/a/40256829
}).fail(function(data, textStatus, xhr) {
//This shows status code eg. 429
console.log("Loading Glossary in background failed. Error:", data.status);
});
}
// display called immediately if storage is still up-to-date
else displayGlossary();
}
function displayGlossary() {
// if the background is dark, use the dark UI theme to match
let dialogtheme = lightOrDark($('body').css('background-color')) == "dark" ? "vader" /*"ui-darkness"*/ : "base";
let highlight = dialogtheme == "vader" ? "#970000" : "gold";
var dlg = "#glossary-entry";
$("head").append(`<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.13.2/themes/${dialogtheme}/jquery-ui.css">`)
.append(`<style tyle="text/css">${dlg}, .ui-dialog {font-size: revert; line-height: 1.286; clear: both;} /* needs clear to avoid header getting huge on Ctrl+F5 */
${dlg} a {cursor:pointer;} .glossary-highlight { background-color: ${highlight}; }
.ui-dialog-titlebar button {background: revert; box-shadow: revert;} ${dlg} { font-size: inherit; }</style>`);
// optimizing the size of the GUI in case it's a mobile device
let dialogwidth = parseInt($("body").css("width")); // parseInt ignores letters (px)
dialogwidth = dialogwidth > 700 ? 700 : dialogwidth * 0.9;
// we gotta work with dialogs if we want to allow users to click a link within the glossary text.
$("body").append(`<div id="glossary-entry"></div>`);
$(dlg).dialog({
modal: false,
autoOpen: false,
resizable: false,
width: dialogwidth,
title: "Glossary Definition",
// remove highlight of clicked glossary term when the dialog closes
close: function( event, ui ) { $('a.glossary-highlight').removeClass('glossary-highlight'); }
});
// the html collection of all glossary links is different if we're already viewing the glossary
let gLinks = (location.pathname === "/faq/glossary") ? 'a[href^="#"]' : 'a[href*="/faq/glossary#"]';
// on links leading to the glossary
$(gLinks)
.after(`<sup>🛈</sup>`) // add a special icon 🛈
.prop("title", "click to view glossary definition")
.on("click", function(e) { // add an event handler for managing the clicks
e.preventDefault(); // stop it from going to the glossary page
e.cancelBubble = true;
// grab the anchor
let anchor = new URL($(this).prop("href")); // prop will always contain the full URL
anchor = anchor.hash.slice(1); // we're only interested in the anchor, minus the hash sign
let content = gDB.get(anchor); // grab the glossary text for that anchor as the dialog content
// prepare the (still hidden) dialog:
$(dlg)
.html(content) // add the dynamic content
.dialog("option", "position", { my: "left top", at: "left bottom", of: e.target } ) // position the dialog at the clicked term
.dialog('open'); // finally, open the dialog
// remove previous highlighting, in case user clicked from one glossary term directly to the next without closing the dialog
$('a.glossary-highlight').removeClass('glossary-highlight');
// highlight the term which the user clicked on, for visual reference
$(e.target).addClass("glossary-highlight");
});
}
})(jQuery);
// convenience function to be able to pass minus values into a Date, so JS will automatically shift correctly over month/year boundaries
// thanks to Phil on Stackoverflow for the code snippet https://stackoverflow.com/a/37003268
function createDate(days, months, years) {
var date = new Date();
date.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() + years);
date.setMonth(date.getMonth() + months);
date.setDate(date.getDate() + days);
return date;
}
// helper function to determine whether a color (the background in use) is light or dark
// https://awik.io/determine-color-bright-dark-using-javascript/
function lightOrDark(color) {
var r, g, b, hsp;
if (color.match(/^rgb/)) { color = color.match(/^rgba?\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+)(?:,\s*(\d+(?:\.\d+)?))?\)$/);
r = color[1]; g = color[2]; b = color[3]; }
else { color = +("0x" + color.slice(1).replace(color.length < 5 && /./g, '$&$&'));
r = color >> 16; g = color >> 8 & 255; b = color & 255; }
hsp = Math.sqrt( 0.299 * (r * r) + 0.587 * (g * g) + 0.114 * (b * b) );
if (hsp>127.5) { return 'light'; } else { return 'dark'; }
}