If you constantly need to add an "Other..." type of role instead of the ones in the pre-approved list, this script will add those other roles automatically to the dropdown
// ==UserScript==
// @name LibraryThing custom author roles
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/users/11592-max-starkenburg
// @description If you constantly need to add an "Other..." type of role instead of the ones in the pre-approved list, this script will add those other roles automatically to the dropdown
// @include http*://*librarything.tld/work/*
// @include http*://*librarything.com/work/*
// @include http*://*librarything.tld/addnew.php*
// @include http*://*librarything.com/addnew.php*
// @version 5
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
// Make a comma-separated list of "Other" role types you'd like to be in the dropdown menu by default
var customRolesString = "Ghostwriter, Corporate author, Compiler, Interviewee, Penciller, Letterer, Inker, Colorist, Director, Producer, Actor, Performer";
var suppressRolesString = "";
// If you've made edits to the list of custom or suppressed roles, get those instead
if (localStorage.LTcustomRoles) customRolesString = localStorage.LTcustomRoles;
if (localStorage.LTsuppressRoles) suppressRolesString = localStorage.LTsuppressRoles;
// Make any array of the custom roles, and deal with certain special characters, extra spaces/commas, etc.
var customRoles = makeRolesArray(customRolesString);
var suppressRoles = makeRolesArray(suppressRolesString);
function makeRolesArray(rolesString) {
if (rolesString == null || rolesString.trim() == "") {
return [];
} else {
rolesArray = rolesString
.replace(/&/g, "&") // escape ampersands (though LT sometimes chokes on these anyway)
.replace(/\"/g, """) // escape double quotes
.replace(/</g, "<") // escape less thans (though LT sometimes chokes on these anyway)
.replace(/>/, ">") // escape greater thans
.trim() // remove exterior leading/trailing spaces
.split(/\s*,+\s*/); // split with comma delimiter, plus removing leading/trailing spaces on each piece
return rolesArray;
}
}
// When focusing (clicking) or arrowing through (keydown) a dropdown menun, add your custom roles to it.
// Had to put it on "body" because the menus in the "Add/edit other authors" of the work page are dynamically added.
jQuery("body").on("focus keydown", "#bookedit_roles select, #bookedit_authorunflip select, .editotherauthorstable select", function(evt) {
// Don't bother to run the below code if it's already been done for this <select>
if (!jQuery(this).hasClass("gm-custom-roles-select")) {
// For certain things we need to know whether we're editing our book, or setting authors on the whole work
var pageType = jQuery(this).closest("#bookedit_roles, #bookedit_authorunflip").length ? "book" : "work";
// Remember the "selected" element, in order to put the selection property back after the sort
selectedOpt = jQuery(this).children(":selected");
selected = { val: selectedOpt.attr("value"), text: selectedOpt.text() };
// Get the existing roles from the <select><option> texts (not value, since some don't reflect the text)
var existingRoles = jQuery(this).children("option");
// Remove any empty strings from customRoles and suppressRoles
for ( var i=0; i<customRoles.length; i++ ) {
if ( customRoles[i] == '') delete customRoles[i];
// Remove any custom roles that are already in the list
for ( var j=0; j<existingRoles.length; j++ ) {
if (customRoles[i] == existingRoles.eq(j).text()) {
delete customRoles[i];
}
}
}
for ( var k=0; k<suppressRoles.length; k++ ) {
if (suppressRoles[k] == '') delete suppressRoles[k];
}
// Move away any that have been added to the suppression list, unless it was "selected"
var suppressedSelect = jQuery("#gm-suppressed-select");
if (!suppressedSelect.length) { // Make a hidden select to store away the values of suppressed roles
suppressedSelect = jQuery('<select id="gm-suppressed-select" class="gm-suppressed-select-empty"></select>');
suppressedSelect.appendTo("body").hide();
}
for ( var l=0; l<suppressRoles.length; l++ ) {
for ( var m=0; m<existingRoles.length; m++) {
if (suppressRoles[l] == existingRoles.eq(m).text()) {
if (suppressedSelect.not(".gm-suppressed-select-empty")) { // Just fill it once until such time that the suppressed roles change
existingRoles.eq(m).clone().appendTo(suppressedSelect);
}
if (!existingRoles.eq(m).is(":selected")) {
existingRoles.eq(m).remove();
}
}
}
}
suppressedSelect.removeClass("gm-suppressed-select-empty");
// Add <option>s for adding custom roles or suppressing standard ones
var invalidValue = pageType == "book" ? "" : "-1"; // The value of invalid options depends on their location
var lineBeforeOther;
if (pageType == "book") {
lineBeforeOther = jQuery(this).children("option[value='xxxOTHERxxx']").prev();
} else {
lineBeforeOther = jQuery(this).children("option[value='-1']").eq(-2);
}
lineBeforeOther.before('<option value="' + invalidValue + '" class="gm-custom-roles-option gm-custom-roles-line">--------------</option>');
lineBeforeOther.before('<option value="' + invalidValue + '" class="gm-custom-roles-option gm-edit-custom-roles">Add custom roles...</option>');
lineBeforeOther.before('<option value="' + invalidValue + '" class="gm-custom-roles-option gm-suppress-standard-roles">Suppress standard roles...</option>');
// Add <option>s for each of the new custom roles
for ( var n=0; n<customRoles.length; n++ ) {
if (customRoles[n] !== undefined) {
jQuery(this).append('<option value="' + customRoles[n] + '" class="gm-custom-roles-option">' + customRoles[n] + '</option>');
}
}
// Sort the custom and standard roles alphabetically
// Thanks to SolutionYogi at http://stackoverflow.com/a/1134983/752122
var roleOptions = jQuery(this).children("option:eq(1)").nextUntil(".gm-custom-roles-option"); // The ones that were already in the list before "Other ..."
roleOptions = roleOptions.add(lineBeforeOther.next().nextAll()); // The ones that have been added after "Other ..."
roleOptions = roleOptions.get().sort(function(a, b) {
return jQuery(a).text().localeCompare(jQuery(b).text());
});
jQuery(this).children("option:eq(1)").after(roleOptions);
// Set the selected option again after this list has been rearranged
var options = jQuery(this).children("option");
var newSelectedIndex = 0;
for(var o=0; o<options.length; o++) {
currentOpt = options.eq(o);
if (currentOpt.attr("value") == selected.val && currentOpt.text() == selected.text) {
newSelectedIndex = o;
break;
}
}
jQuery(this).get(0).selectedIndex = newSelectedIndex;
// Mark this <select> as processed so that we're not running all the above code on each and every focus/keydown
jQuery(this).addClass("gm-custom-roles-select");
}
});
// Edit the roles to whatever you want
jQuery("body").on("change", "#bookedit_roles select, #bookedit_authorunflip select, .editotherauthorstable select", function(evt) {
var selected = jQuery(this).children(":selected");
// console.log(jQuery(this).children().last().text());
// Add new custom roles
if (selected.hasClass("gm-edit-custom-roles") ) {
var editRoles = prompt("Change which custom roles you would like to be appear in the dropdown (comma-separated)",customRolesString);
if (editRoles != null) {
// Store the user's preferred roles in localStorage (and reset customRoles[String] too)
localStorage.LTcustomRoles = customRolesString = editRoles;
customRoles = makeRolesArray(editRoles);
resetSelects(jQuery(this));
}
// Or suppress the existing ones
} else if (selected.hasClass("gm-suppress-standard-roles") ) {
var editSuppressRoles = prompt("Enter a comma-separated list of the roles you never use, e.g. Afterword, Narrator, etc.",suppressRolesString);
if (editSuppressRoles != null) {
// Store the user's suppressed roles in localStorage (and reset suppressRoles[String] too)
localStorage.LTsuppressRoles = suppressRolesString = editSuppressRoles;
suppressRoles = makeRolesArray(editSuppressRoles);
resetSelects(jQuery(this));
}
}
});
// Reset the lists that had been previously processed so that they can get any updates ...
function resetSelects(select) {
select.blur();
jQuery(".gm-custom-roles-option")
.not(":selected") // excluding custom <option>s that were already selected (don't want to undo previous work)
.add(".gm-custom-roles-line, .gm-edit-custom-roles, .gm-suppress-standard-roles") // unless it was "Add/suppress roles ..." (such a selection doesn't need to be preserved)
.remove();
jQuery(".gm-custom-roles-select").append(jQuery("#gm-suppressed-select").children().clone());
jQuery("#gm-suppressed-select").remove();
jQuery(".gm-custom-roles-select").removeClass("gm-custom-roles-select");
}