Improve Hacker News readability with larger fonts, modern styling.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Hacker News Tweaks (Modern)
// @namespace HackerNewsReadabilityTweaks
// @homepage https://github.com/Meekelis/Hacker-News-ReadabilityTweaks
// @version 1.0
// @description Improve Hacker News readability with larger fonts, modern styling.
// @match *://news.ycombinator.com/*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=ycombinator.com
// @license MIT
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
const css = `
.comment-header {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
align-items: center;
padding: 0.5em 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1;
background: #f9f9f9;
}
.comment-header__details {
display: flex;
gap: 0.5em;
align-items: center;
}
.comment-header__username {
font-weight: bold;
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
}
.comment-header__timestamp a {
color: #888;
text-decoration: none;
}
.comment-header__actions {
display: flex;
gap: 0.5em;
align-items: center;
}
.comment-header__link {
font-size: 0.9em;
color: #0077cc;
text-decoration: none;
}
.comment-header__toggle {
display: inline-block;
width: 2em;
text-align: center;
background: none;
border: none;
color: #0077cc;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 0.9em;
line-height: 1;
}
`;
const styleEl = document.createElement('style');
styleEl.textContent = css;
document.head.appendChild(styleEl);
document.querySelectorAll('.comhead').forEach(comhead => {
const origToggle = comhead.querySelector('a.togg');
if (origToggle) { origToggle.style.display = 'none'; }
const userEl = comhead.querySelector('a.hnuser');
if (!userEl) return;
const username = userEl.textContent.trim();
const userHref = userEl.href;
const ageEl = comhead.querySelector('.age');
const ageLink = ageEl ? ageEl.querySelector('a') : null;
const timestamp = ageLink ? ageLink.textContent.replace(/^on\s+/i, '').trim() : '';
const timeHref = ageLink ? ageLink.href : '#';
const datetime = ageEl ? ageEl.getAttribute('title') : '';
let nextHref = '#';
const navs = comhead.querySelector('.navs');
if (navs) {
const nextLink = Array.from(navs.querySelectorAll('a')).find(a => /next/i.test(a.textContent));
if (nextLink) { nextHref = nextLink.href; }
}
const toggleId = origToggle ? origToggle.id : 'toggle';
const newHeader = document.createElement('div');
newHeader.className = 'comment-header';
newHeader.innerHTML = `
<div class="comment-header__details">
<a href="${userHref}" class="comment-header__username" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
${username}
</a>
<time datetime="${datetime}" class="comment-header__timestamp">
<a href="${timeHref}" rel="noopener noreferrer">
${timestamp}
</a>
</time>
</div>
<div class="comment-header__actions">
<a href="${nextHref}" class="comment-header__link" rel="noopener noreferrer">
Next
</a>
<button class="comment-header__toggle" id="new-toggle-${toggleId}" aria-expanded="true">–</button>
</div>
`;
comhead.innerHTML = '';
comhead.appendChild(newHeader);
const defaultCell = comhead.closest('td.default');
if (!defaultCell) return;
const commentText = defaultCell.querySelector('.comment');
if (!commentText) return;
const collapseBtn = newHeader.querySelector('.comment-header__toggle');
collapseBtn.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
const button = event.target;
const commentRow = button.closest('.athing.comtr');
if (!commentRow) return;
const isCollapsed = button.textContent === '+';
let nextSibling = commentRow.nextElementSibling;
while (nextSibling && nextSibling.classList.contains('athing') && nextSibling.classList.contains('comtr')) {
const indentOfSibling = parseInt(nextSibling.querySelector('.ind').getAttribute('indent') || '0', 10);
const indentOfCurrent = parseInt(commentRow.querySelector('.ind').getAttribute('indent') || '0', 10);
if (indentOfSibling > indentOfCurrent) {
nextSibling.style.display = isCollapsed ? '' : 'none';
} else { break; }
nextSibling = nextSibling.nextElementSibling;
}
button.textContent = isCollapsed ? '–' : '+';
button.setAttribute('aria-expanded', (!isCollapsed).toString());
});
});
})();
(function(){
'use strict';
const style1 = `
<style>
:root {
--accent: #ff6600;
--accent-light: rgba(255,102,0,0.1);
--spacing: 0.5rem;
--radius: 8px;
--grey: #757575;
--bg: #f9f9f9;
--font-main: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;
}
html, body, td, .title, .comment, .default { font-family: var(--font-main); }
html, body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
body, td, .title, .pagetop, .comment { font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; }
.votelinks, html[op='news'] .title { vertical-align: inherit; }
.comment-tree .votelinks,
html[op='threads'] .votelinks,
html[op='newcomments'] .votelinks { vertical-align: top; }
span.titleline { font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: var(--spacing) 0; display: block; font-weight: bold; }
html[op='item'] span.titleline { font-size: 1.0rem; }
html[op='news'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table,
html[op='newest'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table,
html[op='ask'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table,
html[op='newcomments'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table,
html[op='shownew'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table,
html[op='submitted'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table,
html[op='favorites'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table:nth-child(2),
html[op='front'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table:nth-child(2),
html[op='show'] #hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(3)>td>table:nth-child(2) { margin-left: var(--spacing); }
.sitebit.comhead { margin-left: var(--spacing); }
.subtext, .subline { font-size: 0.75rem; }
#hnmain { background: var(--bg); }
#hnmain>tbody>tr:first-child>td { padding: var(--spacing); }
#hnmain>tbody>tr:first-child>td>table>tbody>tr:first-child>td { padding-right: var(--spacing)!important; }
.hnname { font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold; }
.comment, .toptext { max-width: 40em; margin: auto; }
.toptext, a, a:visited { color: #333; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; }
input { padding: var(--spacing); }
input, textarea { background: white; border: 1px solid var(--grey); padding: 6px; border-radius: var(--radius); transition: box-shadow 0.2s; }
input:focus, textarea:focus { box-shadow: 0 0 5px var(--accent); }
input[type="text"]:hover { text-decoration: none; }
input[type='button'] { cursor: pointer; }
.downvoted .commtext { color: var(--grey); }
.quote { margin: 16px; border: 1px solid var(--accent-light); border-left: 6px solid var(--accent); padding: 16px; color: var(--grey); background: var(--accent-light); border-radius: var(--radius); font-size: 0.9em; }
.hidden { display: none; }
.showComment a, .hideComment, .hideComment:link, .hideComment:visited { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: underline; }
.hideComment { margin-left: var(--spacing); }
.votelinks { min-width: 32px; }
.votearrow { background: var(--accent-light); border-radius: var(--radius); color: var(--accent); display: block; width: 24px; height: 24px; font-size: 16px; position: relative; top: 2px; transition: background 0.1s, color 0.2s; }
.votearrow:hover { background: var(--accent); color: white; }
.votearrow:after { content: "⇧"; }
body:has(form[action="login"]) { padding: 32px; }
</style>`;
document.head.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", style1);
const style2 = `
<style>
.modern-downvoted {
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eef6ff, #f7fbff);
padding: 12px 16px;
border-left: 4px solid #007BFF;
border-radius: 4px;
font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
color: #333;
}
.modern-downvoted a {
color: #007BFF;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: 500;
}
.modern-downvoted a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
pre.modern-code {
position: relative;
background: #f7f7f7;
color: #333;
padding: 16px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
border-radius: 4px;
overflow: auto;
font-family: 'Fira Code', Consolas, "Courier New", monospace;
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 1.6;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
pre.modern-code code {
font-family: 'Fira Code', Consolas, "Courier New", monospace;
color: inherit;
}
.copy-button {
position: absolute;
top: 8px;
right: 8px;
background: transparent;
border: none;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 4px;
transition: color 0.2s;
color: #666;
}
.copy-button:hover {
color: #000;
}
.copy-button.svg-icon {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
display: block;
}
</style>`;
document.head.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", style2);
document.querySelectorAll('.commtext a').forEach(link => {
link.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
link.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer');
});
document.querySelectorAll('.commtext:not(.c00)').forEach(e => {
e.parentElement.classList.add('downvoted');
});
const quotes = document.evaluate("//p[starts-with(., '>')] | //span[starts-with(., '>')]", document.body, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
for (let i = 0; i < quotes.snapshotLength; i++){
let n = quotes.snapshotItem(i),
t = Array.from(n.childNodes).find(x => x.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE);
if (t){
let p = document.createElement('p');
p.className = 'quote';
p.innerText = t.data.replace(">", "").trim();
n.replaceChild(p, n.firstChild);
} else {
n.classList.add('quote');
n.innerText = n.innerText.replace(">", "").trim();
}
}
const copyIcon = `<svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="svg-icon"><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M7 5C7 3.34315 8.34315 2 10 2H19C20.6569 2 22 3.34315 22 5V14C22 15.6569 20.6569 17 19 17H17V19C17 20.6569 15.6569 22 14 22H5C3.34315 22 2 20.6569 2 19V10C2 8.34315 3.34315 7 5 7H7V5ZM9 7H14C15.6569 7 17 8.34315 17 10V15H19C19.5523 15 20 14.5523 20 14V5C20 4.44772 19.5523 4 19 4H10C9.44772 4 9 4.44772 9 5V7ZM5 9C4.44772 9 4 9.44772 4 10V19C4 19.5523 4.44772 20 5 20H14C14.5523 20 15 19.5523 15 19V10C15 9.44772 14.5523 9 14 9H5Z" fill="currentColor"></path></svg>`;
const checkIcon = `<svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="svg-icon"><path d="M20.285 5.715a1 1 0 00-1.414 0L9 15.586l-3.871-3.87a1 1 0 00-1.414 1.414l4.578 4.578a1 1 0 001.414 0l10.578-10.578a1 1 0 000-1.414z" fill="currentColor"/></svg>`;
document.querySelectorAll('pre').forEach(block => {
block.classList.add('modern-code');
const btn = document.createElement('button');
btn.className = 'copy-button svg-icon';
btn.innerHTML = copyIcon;
btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
navigator.clipboard.writeText(block.innerText).then(() => {
btn.classList.add('copied');
btn.innerHTML = checkIcon;
setTimeout(() => {
btn.classList.remove('copied');
btn.innerHTML = copyIcon;
}, 2000);
});
});
block.style.position = 'relative';
block.appendChild(btn);
});
document.querySelectorAll('.comment.downvoted .commtext').forEach(e => {
if (!e.querySelector('.modern-downvoted')) {
const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
wrapper.className = 'modern-downvoted';
wrapper.innerHTML = e.innerHTML;
e.innerHTML = '';
e.appendChild(wrapper);
}
});
})();