Saves and restores scroll position on YouTube channel videos pages
// ==UserScript==
// @name YouTube Channel Scroll Saver
// @name:de YouTube Channel Scroll Saver
// @namespace https://www.youtube.com/
// @version 1.6.1
// @description Saves and restores scroll position on YouTube channel videos pages
// @description:de Speichert und stellt die Scrollposition auf der Video-Seite des YouTube-Kanals wieder her
// @author Kamikaze (https://github.com/Kamiikaze)
// @supportURL https://github.com/Kamiikaze/Tampermonkey/issues
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=youtube.com
// @match https://www.youtube.com/@*/videos
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
// @require https://gf.zukizuki.org/scripts/455253-kamikaze-script-utils/code/Kamikaze'%20Script%20Utils.js
// @require https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/toastify-js/1.12.0/toastify.min.js
// @resource toastifyCss https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/toastify-js/src/toastify.min.css
// @grant GM_xmlhttpRequest
// @grant GM_getResourceText
// @grant GM_addStyle
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
// Autoscroll to last postion on this channel.
// Leave it false if you wan to click a button to manual scroll
const doAutoscroll = false
// Save scroll position at most every 3 second
const saveDelay = 3000
/* global Logger waitForElm notify */
const SCRIPT_NAME = "YT Scroll Saver"
const log = new Logger(SCRIPT_NAME, 4);
// Load remote JS
GM_xmlhttpRequest({
method : "GET",
// from other domain than the @match one (.org / .com):
url : "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/toastify-js/1.12.0/toastify.min.js",
onload : (ev) =>
{
let e = document.createElement('script');
e.innerText = ev.responseText;
document.head.appendChild(e);
}
});
// Load remote CSS
const extCss = GM_getResourceText("toastifyCss");
GM_addStyle(extCss);
(function() {
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61964265/getting-error-this-document-requires-trustedhtml-assignment-in-chrome
if (window.trustedTypes && window.trustedTypes.createPolicy && !window.trustedTypes.defaultPolicy) {
window.trustedTypes.createPolicy('default', {
createHTML: string => string
// Optional, only needed for script (url) tags
//,createScriptURL: string => string
//,createScript: string => string,
});
}
let isScrolling = false;
let btnAdded = false;
let saveTimeout = null;
let lastUrl = location.href;
function getChannelUsername() {
const match = window.location.pathname.match(/@([^/]+)/);
return match ? match[1] : null;
}
function saveScrollPosition() {
const username = getChannelUsername();
if (!username) return;
const scrollPosition = window.scrollY;
if ( scrollPosition > 800 ) {
localStorage.setItem(`yt_scroll_${username}`, scrollPosition);
notify(`[YT Scroll Saver] Saved position: ${scrollPosition}px for @${username}`, 3000)
log.debug(`Saved position: ${scrollPosition}px for @${username}`);
} else {
log.debug(`Scroll pos is below 800 (${scrollPosition}). Don't save pos.`);
return
}
}
function loadScrollPosition() {
const username = getChannelUsername();
if (!username) {
isScrolling = false
return
};
const savedPosition = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(`yt_scroll_${username}`) || "0", 10);
if (savedPosition <= 0) {
isScrolling = false
return
};
notify(`[YT Scroll Saver] Trying to restore position: ${savedPosition}px for @${username}`)
log.debug(`[YT Scroll Saver] Trying to restore position: ${savedPosition}px for @${username}`);
if (!btnAdded) createManualScrollBtn(savedPosition)
if (doAutoscroll) scrollTo(savedPosition)
}
function scrollTo(pos) {
let attempts = 0;
const maxAttempts = 20; // 500ms * 20 = 10 seconds max
const scrollInterval = setInterval(() => {
if (window.scrollY >= pos || attempts >= maxAttempts) {
clearInterval(scrollInterval);
isScrolling = false
notify(`[[YT Scroll Saver] Scroll position reached or max attempts hit. {Pos: ${window.scrollY}, Saved: ${pos}}`)
log.debug(`[YT Scroll Saver] Scroll position reached or max attempts hit. {Pos: ${window.scrollY}, Saved: ${pos}}`);
return;
}
notify(`[YT Scroll Saver] Scrolling.. `, 1000)
log.debug(`[YT Scroll Saver] Scrolling.. `);
window.scrollTo(0, pos);
attempts++;
}, 500);
}
async function createManualScrollBtn(pos) {
const chipList = await waitForElm("iron-selector")
const btn = document.createElement("button")
btn.addEventListener( 'click', () => scrollTo(pos) )
btn.innerText = `Scroll to: ${pos}`
btn.style = `
background-color: transparent;
padding: 8px;
border-radius: 10px;
margin: 0 30px;
color: #f1f1f1;
border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
outline: none !important;
cursor: pointer;
`
chipList.append(btn)
btnAdded = true
}
function checkUrlChange() {
if (location.href !== lastUrl) {
lastUrl = location.href;
if (window.location.pathname.includes('/videos')) {
log.debug("[YT Scroll Saver] Detected navigation to a channel's /videos page.");
isScrolling = true
setTimeout(loadScrollPosition, 1000);
} else {
btnAdded = false
}
log.debug("btnAdded",btnAdded)
}
}
// Attach scroll event listener
window.addEventListener('scroll', () => {
if (!window.location.pathname.includes('/videos') || isScrolling) return;
if (saveTimeout) clearTimeout(saveTimeout);
saveTimeout = setTimeout(saveScrollPosition, saveDelay);
});
// Watch for SPA navigation changes
const observer = new MutationObserver(checkUrlChange);
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
// Restore scroll position after page loads
if (window.location.pathname.includes('/videos')) {
isScrolling = true
notify(`[YT Scroll Saver] Loading scroll position.`)
log.debug(`[YT Scroll Saver] Loading scroll position.`);
setTimeout(loadScrollPosition, 1000); // Delay to allow initial content to load
};
})();