Figured I’d cobble together a quick-n-dirty greasemonkey/tapermonkey script to slighly modify the CSS to feel a little more like old.reddit with RES. Still not quite as compact as I’d like, but it’s getting there.

**edit/update: **

changelog

  • All future versions on github: https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/
  • v0.4 - reformatted to remove greater-than signs; added observer to catch and reformat new comments;
  • v0.3 - added script to move the comment collapse button to be in front of user name (thanks @DarkwingDuck); tightened up the code, removed unneeded function call.
  • v0.2 - modified to work on any lemmy instance (thank you, God!)
// ==UserScript==
// @name         Lemmy to Old.Reddit Re-format (Observer)
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.4
// @description  Reformat widescreen desktop to look more like Reddit
// @author       mershed_perderders, DarkwingDuck
// @match        https://*/*
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
	'use strict';

	var isLemmy = document.head.querySelector("[name~=Description][content]").content === "Lemmy";

	function GM_addStyle(css) {
		const style = document.getElementById("GM_addStyleBy8626") || (function() {
			const style = document.createElement('style');
			style.type = 'text/css';
			style.id = "GM_addStyleBy8626";
			document.head.appendChild(style);
			return style;
		})();
		const sheet = style.sheet;
		sheet.insertRule(css, (sheet.rules || sheet.cssRules || []).length);
	}

	function MoveCommentCollapseButton(container) {
		var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector(".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
		var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector(".mr-2");
		//-- Swap last to first.
		container.insertBefore(firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
	}

	function ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(element) {
		const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutationsList) {
			for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
				if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
					for (let addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
						if (addedNode.matches('.d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small')) {
							MoveCommentCollapseButton(addedNode);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		});

		observer.observe(element, { childList: true, subtree: true });
	}

  //Lemmy to old.Reddit style reformats (to be used for custom stylesheet at a later date)
	if (isLemmy) {
		GM_addStyle(".container-fluid, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl {   margin-right: unset !important; margin-left: unset !important;}");
		GM_addStyle(".container, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl { max-width: 100% !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-4 { flex: 0 0 20% !important; max-width: 20%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-md-8 { flex: 0 0 80% !important; max-width: 80%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-sm-2 { flex: 0 0 9% !important; max-width: 10%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".col-1 { flex: 0 0 4% !important; max-width: 5%; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-2, .my-2 { margin-bottom: 0.3rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mb-3, .my-3 { margin-bottom: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".mt-3, .my-3 { margin-top: .2rem !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".thumbnail {   min-height: 100px; max-height: 125px; }");
		GM_addStyle(".vote-bar { margin-top: 15px !important; }");
		GM_addStyle(".comments {  margin-left: 20px; }");

		// Move comment collapse buttons for existing elements
		var divList = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
		divList.forEach(MoveCommentCollapseButton);

		// Apply MoveCommentCollapseButton to dynamically loaded elements
		ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(document.documentElement);
	}
})();

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    • DarkwingDuck@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I think @mershed_perderders@sh.itjust.works went to bed, but apparently a formatting issue occurred while copy-pasting, and > was replaced with > which would break the script.

      Should be

      var div_list = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
      var div_array = [...div_list];
      
      div_array.forEach(container => {
          var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector (".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
          var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector (".mr-2");
          //-- Swap last to first.
          container.insertBefore (firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
      });
      

      Edit again: something is fucky with right pointing arrow. If you’re having trouble, replace > with right pointing arrow.

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        It looks like the lemmy ui itself is changing that after the page loads which seems like a bug. If you refresh and watch the code you can see it change

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          Alright then, let’s avoid right arrow for now. Here is a new and improved version with an Observer that will (or at least should) move the button for dynamically loaded comments as well. Note that the Observer piece was generated by ChatGPT.

          // ==UserScript==
          // @name         Lemmy to Old.Reddit Re-format (Observer)
          // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
          // @version      0.1
          // @description  Reformat widescreen desktop to look more like Reddit
          // @author       mershed_perderders
          // @match        https://*/*
          // @grant        none
          // ==/UserScript==
          
          (function() {
          	'use strict';
          
          	var isLemmy = document.head.querySelector("[name~=Description][content]").content === "Lemmy";
          
          	function GM_addStyle(css) {
          		const style = document.getElementById("GM_addStyleBy8626") || (function() {
          			const style = document.createElement('style');
          			style.type = 'text/css';
          			style.id = "GM_addStyleBy8626";
          			document.head.appendChild(style);
          			return style;
          		})();
          		const sheet = style.sheet;
          		sheet.insertRule(css, (sheet.rules || sheet.cssRules || []).length);
          	}
          
          	function MoveCommentCollapseButton(container) {
          		var firstTargDiv = container.querySelector(".btn.btn-sm.text-muted");
          		var secondTargDiv = container.querySelector(".mr-2");
          		//-- Swap last to first.
          		container.insertBefore(firstTargDiv, secondTargDiv);
          	}
          
          	function ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(element) {
          		const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutationsList) {
          			for (let mutation of mutationsList) {
          				if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
          					for (let addedNode of mutation.addedNodes) {
          						if (addedNode.matches('.d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small')) {
          							MoveCommentCollapseButton(addedNode);
          						}
          					}
          				}
          			}
          		});
          
          		observer.observe(element, { childList: true, subtree: true });
          	}
          
          	if (isLemmy) {
          		GM_addStyle(".container-fluid, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl {   margin-right: unset !important; margin-left: unset !important;}");
          		GM_addStyle(".container, .container-lg, .container-md, .container-sm, .container-xl { max-width: 100% !important; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".col-md-4 { flex: 0 0 20% !important; max-width: 20%; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".col-md-8 { flex: 0 0 80% !important; max-width: 80%; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".col-sm-2 { flex: 0 0 9% !important; max-width: 10%; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".col-1 { flex: 0 0 4% !important; max-width: 5%; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".mb-2, .my-2 { margin-bottom: 0.3rem !important; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".thumbnail {   min-height: 100px; max-height: 125px; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".mb-3, .my-3 { margin-bottom: .2rem !important; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".mt-3, .my-3 { margin-top: .2rem !important; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".vote-bar { margin-top: 15px !important; }");
          		GM_addStyle(".comments {  margin-left: 20px; }");
          
          		// Move comment collapse buttons for existing elements
          		var divList = document.querySelectorAll(".d-flex.flex-wrap.align-items-center.text-muted.small");
          		divList.forEach(MoveCommentCollapseButton);
          
          		// Apply MoveCommentCollapseButton to dynamically loaded elements
          		ApplyMoveCommentCollapseButton(document.documentElement);
          	}
          })();