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click_confirm

Confirm if you want to follow certain links.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name        click_confirm
  3. // @namespace   links
  4. // @description Confirm if you want to follow certain links.
  5. // @include     *
  6. // @version     1
  7. // @grant       none
  8. // ==/UserScript==
  9.  
  10. // here's the message that will popup asking if you really want to go there
  11. var que = 'You clicked on a link to a stupid site. \nDo you really want to go there?'
  12. // gets all links on the page
  13. var links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
  14.  
  15. // iterate through links on the page
  16. for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
  17.     var link = links[i];
  18. // if site1 OR site2 OR etc., you can also use fancier regex if you only want to avoid certain parts of the site
  19.     if (
  20.         (/dailykos/.test(link.href))
  21.         || (/democraticunderground/.test(link.href))
  22. //        || (/insertregexhere/.test(link.href))
  23.        ) {
  24.         link.addEventListener('click', function(clk) {
  25.             var b = confirm(que);
  26. // if the link matches one of the regex strings above
  27.             if (b==true) {/* do nothing, i.e., follow the link */}
  28.             else {
  29.                 clk.preventDefault(/* prevent your click from opening the link */);
  30.             }
  31.         }, false);
  32.     }
  33. }