IP Board: New Topic Confirm
- Added: October 27, 2007
- Last Updated: October 27, 2007
Script Details
File Name: ipboard_newtopicconfirm.user.js
Description
Television Without Pity has some fairly high standards for what is considered new-topic worthy. Frequently, I see new threads almost immediately locked (usually with a snarky comment) by mods. Unfortunately, the New Topic button is right next to Add Reply, and once I accidentally started a New Topic instead of doing an Add Reply. Since posts can't be deleted, it was mildly humiliating, This script adds a confirmation prompt "Are you sure you want to ..." to the New Topic button to prevent future embarrassments.
Script Source
// IP.Board: New Topic Confirm
// Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Orbona
// Version 1.0
// Release Date: 2007-10-22
//
// See also: http://www.orbona.com/greasemonkey/
//
// Original file name: ipboard_newtopicconfirm.user.js
// Please reference the original file name when contacting me regarding this
// script.
//
// This software is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL:
// http://creativecommons.org/license/cc-gpl
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// DESCRIPTION
//
// This script adds an "Are you sure" prompt to the "Add New Topic" button on
// an Invision Power Board (IP.Board, see http://www.invisionpower.com).
// Currently, I only use this script on the Television Without Pity forums
// since they have strict rules about posting new topics. On the TWoP forums
// I'm fairly certain I'll never want to create a new topic. The
// confirmation alert helps to prevent new-topic accidents.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ==UserScript==
// @name IP.Board: New Topic Confirm
// @description Adds a confirmation prompt to the Add New Topic buttons
// @namespace http://www.orbona.com/greasemonkey/
// @include http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?show*
// ==/UserScript==
function confirmNewTopic(event) {
var ans= confirm("Are you sure you want to start a new topic? Click OK to continue with your new topic, or Cancel to cancel this action (and avoid making a fool of yourself).");
if (!ans) {
event.stopPropagation();
event.preventDefault();
}
return (ans);
}
function doIt() {
var links=document.evaluate("//A[contains(@href,'new_post')]", document, null, XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
for (var i = 0; i < links.snapshotLength; i++)
links.snapshotItem(i).addEventListener('click', confirmNewTopic, true);
}
window.addEventListener("load", function() { doIt(); }, false);