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I just have a bookmarklet to kill all "fixed" position divs. I'm clicking it more and more these days - even those damn fixed navs that take up a stupid percen

I just have a bookmarklet to kill all "fixed" position divs. I'm clicking it more and more these days - even those damn fixed navs that take up a stupid percentage of the screen give me the shits. If clicking the bookmarklet doesn't get rid of your stupid modal newsletter sign up or annoying sticky nav, I'm just closing the tab. Here's the bookmarklet btw: javascript:(function()%7B(function () %7Bvar i%2C elements %3D document.querySelectorAll('body *')%3Bfor (i %3D 0%3B i < elements.length%3B i%2B%2B) %7Bif (getComputedStyle(elements%5Bi%5D).position %3D%3D%3D 'fixed') %7Belements%5Bi%5D.parentNode.removeChild(elements%5Bi%5D)%3B%7D%7D%7D)()%7D)()

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yourduskquibble 9y ago
You may also be interested in my filterlist[1] project for uBlock Origin which attempts to do this via CSS style overrides for many, many sites. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
- hotwire 9y ago
  holy shit dude. if this is as awesome as it looks, i'm actually excited. thank you.
  - yourduskquibble 9y ago
    No problem, I hope it works out for you! Feel free to spread the word to others as well as provide sites that are causing issues for you so I can add fixes to the list.
    - option_greek 9y ago
      Probably olark and other chat bot crap can be added too. They are mostly used these days for pushy sales people to hook casual browsers.
- mikro2nd 9y ago
  Brilliant, and Thank You. Ironically, though, this will probably limit severely the quantity and quality of data I can feed back to this Mozilla project via this add-on...
- Santosh83 9y ago
  Fantastic. You must submit your list to the uBlock Origin author for inclusion in the list of available filters.
  - yourduskquibble 9y ago
    gorhill is aware of it [0]... I don't want to be too pushy and would rather let him come to his own conclusion on whether to include or not. [0] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/872 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/872
    - hotwire 9y ago
      Just want to say; I'm checking in after a few days of using it and... if i think about it, i guess i'm clicking that "killsticky" bookmark less and less. its funny, suddenly i don't even have to think about it, which is what this is all about - reducing cognitive load. re inclusion on ublock and the like: it should probably be an option that people can enable/disable; ublock is more about blocking ads/trackers, but i would wager that most people are annoyed with sticky stuff too. ready for the next challenge?.... getting rid of sites that fuck with the default scroll behaviour ;) thanks again :)
joosters 9y ago
Me too! I cannot recommend this enough. IMO everyone should have this bookmark (or similar). As you say, it's most useful for removing static overlays that just get in the way of page content and take up screen space, but it can also get rid of pop-ups too. It even works well on iOS/Safari !
myfonj 9y ago
Came across this as well [0]→[1]. (Slightly modernized version could be:) javascript:void([].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('body *'),e=>/fixed|sticky/.test(getComputedStyle(e).position)&&e.parentNode.removeChild(e))) [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16516126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16516126 [1] https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/
- strkek 9y ago
  You can golf away 8 characters by replacing [].foreach.call(a, b) -> a.forEach(b) ... since the value returned by `querySelectorAll` has a `forEach` method. And 5 more if you replace: 'body *' -> '*'
  - myfonj 9y ago
    Ah, thanks for headsup, I somewhat missed the moment NodeList got sufficiently widespread forEach support. Good to know. In fact my intention was just to add check for `sticky` value along the `fixed` one; the 'golfing' approach was just habitual laziness…
- hotwire 9y ago
  that one looks better than the one i pasted - i've noticed that some sites are using "sticky" instead of "fixed" and my bookmarklet (which I copied off someone else) doesn't remove them. thanks.

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yourduskquibble 9y ago

You may also be interested in my filterlist[1] project for uBlock Origin which attempts to do this via CSS style overrides for many, many sites. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances

hotwire 9y ago
holy shit dude. if this is as awesome as it looks, i'm actually excited. thank you.
- yourduskquibble 9y ago
  No problem, I hope it works out for you! Feel free to spread the word to others as well as provide sites that are causing issues for you so I can add fixes to the list.
  - option_greek 9y ago
    Probably olark and other chat bot crap can be added too. They are mostly used these days for pushy sales people to hook casual browsers.
mikro2nd 9y ago
Brilliant, and Thank You. Ironically, though, this will probably limit severely the quantity and quality of data I can feed back to this Mozilla project via this add-on...
Santosh83 9y ago
Fantastic. You must submit your list to the uBlock Origin author for inclusion in the list of available filters.
- yourduskquibble 9y ago
  gorhill is aware of it [0]... I don't want to be too pushy and would rather let him come to his own conclusion on whether to include or not. [0] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/872 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/pull/872
  - hotwire 9y ago
    Just want to say; I'm checking in after a few days of using it and... if i think about it, i guess i'm clicking that "killsticky" bookmark less and less. its funny, suddenly i don't even have to think about it, which is what this is all about - reducing cognitive load. re inclusion on ublock and the like: it should probably be an option that people can enable/disable; ublock is more about blocking ads/trackers, but i would wager that most people are annoyed with sticky stuff too. ready for the next challenge?.... getting rid of sites that fuck with the default scroll behaviour ;) thanks again :)

joosters 9y ago

Me too! I cannot recommend this enough. IMO everyone should have this bookmark (or similar). As you say, it's most useful for removing static overlays that just get in the way of page content and take up screen space, but it can also get rid of pop-ups too. It even works well on iOS/Safari !

myfonj 9y ago

Came across this as well [0]→[1]. (Slightly modernized version could be:) javascript:void([].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('body *'),e=>/fixed|sticky/.test(getComputedStyle(e).position)&&e.parentNode.removeChild(e))) [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16516126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16516126 [1] https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/

strkek 9y ago
You can golf away 8 characters by replacing [].foreach.call(a, b) -> a.forEach(b) ... since the value returned by `querySelectorAll` has a `forEach` method. And 5 more if you replace: 'body *' -> '*'
- myfonj 9y ago
  Ah, thanks for headsup, I somewhat missed the moment NodeList got sufficiently widespread forEach support. Good to know. In fact my intention was just to add check for `sticky` value along the `fixed` one; the 'golfing' approach was just habitual laziness…
hotwire 9y ago
that one looks better than the one i pasted - i've noticed that some sites are using "sticky" instead of "fixed" and my bookmarklet (which I copied off someone else) doesn't remove them. thanks.