- // ==UserScript==
- // @name Automatic Material Dark-Mode for YouTube
- // @namespace SteveJobzniak
- // @version 1.5.0
- // @description A low-tech solution to a high-tech problem! Automatically clicks YouTube's "Dark Mode" button if dark mode isn't already active.
- // @author SteveJobzniak
- // @homepage https://greasyfork.org/scripts/32954-automatic-material-dark-mode-for-youtube
- // @license https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- // @contributionURL https://www.paypal.me/Armindale/0usd
- // @match *://www.youtube.com/*
- // @exclude *://www.youtube.com/tv*
- // @exclude *://www.youtube.com/embed/*
- // @run-at document-end
- // @grant none
- // @noframes
- // ==/UserScript==
-
- (function() {
- 'use strict';
-
- /* Performs multiple retries of a function call until it either succeeds or has failed all attempts. */
- function retryFnCall( fnCallback ) {
- // If we don't succeed immediately, we'll perform multiple retries.
- var success = fnCallback();
- if( ! success ) {
- var attempt = 0, maxAttempts = 40, waitDelay = 50; // 40 * 50ms = Max ~2 seconds of retries.
- var searchTimer = setInterval( function() {
- var success = fnCallback();
-
- // If we've reached max attempts or found success, we must now stop the interval timer.
- if( ++attempt >= maxAttempts || success ) {
- clearInterval( searchTimer );
- }
- }, waitDelay );
- }
- }
-
- /* Searches for a specific element. */
- function findElement( parentElem, elemQuery, expectedLength, selectItem, fnCallback ) {
- var elems = parentElem.querySelectorAll( elemQuery );
- if( elems.length === expectedLength ) {
- var item = elems[selectItem];
- fnCallback( item );
- return true;
- }
-
- //console.log('Debug: Cannot find "'+elemQuery+'".');
- return false;
- }
-
- function retryFindElement( parentElem, elemQuery, expectedLength, selectItem, fnCallback ) {
- // If we can't find the element immediately, we'll perform multiple retries.
- retryFnCall( function() {
- return findElement( parentElem, elemQuery, expectedLength, selectItem, fnCallback );
- } );
- }
-
- /* Searches for multiple different elements and uses the earliest match. */
- function multiFindElement( queryList, fnCallback ) {
- for( var i=0, len=queryList.length; i<len; ++i ) {
- var query = queryList[i];
- var success = findElement( query.parentElem, query.elemQuery, query.expectedLength, query.selectItem, fnCallback );
- if( success ) {
- // Don't try any other queries, since we've found a successful match.
- return true;
- }
- }
-
- return false;
- }
-
- function retryMultiFindElement( queryList, fnCallback ) {
- // If we can't find any of the elements immediately, we'll perform multiple retries.
- retryFnCall( function() {
- return multiFindElement( queryList, fnCallback );
- } );
- }
-
- /* Automatically enables YouTube's dark mode theme. */
- function enableDark() {
- // Wait until the settings menu is available, to ensure that YouTube's "dark mode state" and code has been loaded...
- // Note that this particular menu button always exists (both when logged in and when logged out of your account),
- // but its actual icon and the list of submenu choices differ. However, its "dark mode" submenus are the same in either case.
- retryFindElement( document, 'button.style-scope.ytd-topbar-menu-button-renderer', 2, 1, function( settingsMenuButton ) {
- // Check the dark mode state "flag" and abort processing if dark mode is already active.
- if( document.documentElement.getAttribute( 'dark' ) === 'true' ) { return; }
-
- // We MUST open the "settings" menu, otherwise nothing will react to the "toggle dark mode" event!
- settingsMenuButton.click();
-
- // Wait a moment for the settings-menu to open up after clicking...
- retryFindElement( document, 'div#label.style-scope.ytd-toggle-theme-compact-link-renderer', 1, 0, function( darkModeSubMenuButton ) {
- // Next, go to the "toggle dark mode" settings sub-page.
- darkModeSubMenuButton.click();
-
- // Wait a moment for the settings sub-page to switch...
- retryFindElement( document, 'ytd-toggle-item-renderer.style-scope.ytd-multi-page-menu-renderer', 1, 0, function( darkModeSubPageContainer ) {
- // Get a reference to the "activate dark mode" button...
- retryFindElement( darkModeSubPageContainer, 'paper-toggle-button.style-scope.ytd-toggle-item-renderer', 1, 0, function( darkModeButton ) {
- // We MUST now use this very ugly, hardcoded sleep-timer to ensure that YouTube's "activate dark mode" code is fully
- // loaded; otherwise, YouTube will be completely BUGGED OUT and WON'T save the fact that we've enabled dark mode!
- // Since JavaScript is single-threaded, this timeout simply ensures that we'll leave our current code so that we allow
- // YouTube's event handlers to deal with loading the settings-page, and then the timeout gives control back to us.
- setTimeout( function() {
- // Now simply click YouTube's button to enable their dark mode.
- darkModeButton.click();
-
- // And lastly, give keyboard focus back to the input search field... (We don't need any setTimeout here...)
- retryFindElement( document, 'input#search', 1, 0, function( searchField ) {
- searchField.click(); // First, click the search-field to force the settings-panel to close...
- searchField.focus(); // ...and finally give the search-field focus! Voila!
- } );
- }, 20 ); // We can use 0ms here for "as soon as possible" instead, but our "at least 20ms" might be safer just in case.
- } );
- } );
- } );
- } );
-
- // Alternative method, which switches using an internal YouTube event instead of clicking
- // the menus... I decided to disable this method, since it relies on intricate internal
- // details, and it still requires their menu to be open to work anyway (because their
- // code for changing theme isn't active until the Dark Mode settings menu is open),
- // so we may as well just click the actual menu items. ;-)
- /*
- var ytDebugMenu = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-debug-menu');
- ytDebugMenu = (ytDebugMenu.length === 1 ? ytDebugMenu[0] : undefined);
- if( ytDebugMenu ) {
- ytDebugMenu.fire(
- 'yt-action',
- {
- actionName:'yt-signal-action-toggle-dark-theme-on',
- optionalAction:false,
- args:[
- {signalAction:{signal:'TOGGLE_DARK_THEME_ON'}},
- toggleMenuElem,
- undefined
- ],
- returnValue: []
- },
- {}
- );
- }
- */
-
- // Also note that it may be possible to simply modify the YouTube cookies, by changing
- // "PREF=f1=50000000;" to "PREF=f1=50000000&f6=400;" (dark mode on) and then reloading the page.
- // However, a reload is always slower than toggling the settings menu, so I didn't do that.
- }
-
- if( document.readyState === 'complete' ) {
- enableDark();
- } else {
- document.addEventListener( 'readystatechange', function( evt ) {
- if( document.readyState === 'complete' ) {
- enableDark();
- }
- } );
- }
- })();