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Show youtube transcript by default

display the youtube transcript by default

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         Show youtube transcript by default
  3. // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
  4. // @version      0.1
  5. // @description  display the youtube transcript by default
  6. // @author       You
  7. // @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
  8. // @grant        none
  9. // @license MIT
  10. // ==/UserScript==
  11.  
  12. (function() {
  13.     'use strict';
  14.     setTimeout(() => {
  15.         const transcripts = document.querySelectorAll('[target-id="engagement-panel-searchable-transcript"]');
  16.         if(transcripts.length == 1) {
  17.             const transcript = transcripts[0];
  18.             transcript.setAttribute("visibility", "ENGAGEMENT_PANEL_VISIBILITY_EXPANDED");
  19.             console.log('transcript should show up now...');
  20.         }
  21.     }, "3000"); // wait for 3 seconds (hopefully sufficient for all the necessary elements to load) - adjust this based on your internet speed
  22. })();