StuartJAtkinson / Page-Manipulator

Browser Extension that can automatically inject custom HTML, CSS or JavaScript into any web-page. This way you can customize any web-page to fit your needs. Currently available on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Page Manipulator.

WARNING: This extension works on most sites, but there are some exceptions! If you'd like to see any specific improvements or found any bugs, let me know here.

Browser Extension to inject HTML, CSS or JavaScript into any web-page. Inject HTML, CSS or JavaScript into your favorite web-pages. Have the changes you make be saved and applied every time you visit the specified website(s).

Better than 'inspect element' because It will stay after reloading the page.

How to install?

Chrome:

Install it from the Chrome extension store here.

Or follow the steps below.

• Clone this repository.
• Open your Chrome browser and click on the 3 dots in the top right corner.
• Go to: "More Tools" > "Extensions".
• Enable developer mode in the top right corner.
• Click "Load unpacked" in the top left corner and select the cloned directory.

Microsoft Edge:

Install it from the Microsoft extension store here.

Or follow the steps below.

• Clone this repository.
• Open your Microsoft edge browser and click on the 3 dots in the top right corner.
• Click "Extensions".
• Enable developer mode in the bottom left corner.
• Click "Load unpacked extension" in the center of the screen and select the cloned directory.

How to use?

• Simple, First open the extension.

• Choose 'JavaScript', 'CSS' or 'HTML'.

• Create a new file by pressing 'new'.

• Write your own code or get some from the examples here.

• Press the 'Manipulate' button to test your code.

• To make sure your code is run every time you visit a specific website do the following:

  • Put the URLs of the websites in the 'active websites' textarea.
  • Check the 'active' checkbox.
  • Reload the page to make sure it works.

• Button functionalities:

  • The 'Reload' Button:
    • Will reload the current page.
  • The 'Active' checkbox:
    • on > The code will be run automatically on the pages specified in the 'Active websites' textarea.
    • off > The code will only run when you press the 'Manipulate' button.
  • The 'Active Websites' textarea:
    • You can specify the websites you want your code to run on here.
  • The 'Matching Pages' dropdown:
    • 'Exact' > The code will only run when the URL of the page is exactly the same as one of the URLs in the 'Active Websites' textarea. (Including slashes at the end!)
    • 'Recursive' > The code will also run on all sub-URLs of the specified URLs in the 'Active Websites'.
  • The 'Position on page' dropdown (HTML only):
    • 'Top' > The HTML will be added to the top of the page.
    • 'Bottom' > The HTML will be added to the bottom of the page.
    • 'Replace' > The html will replace the entire body HTML of the page.
  • The 'Manipulate' or 'Update Manip.' button:
    • Injects the code into the page or updates the injection.
    • This button also works when the 'Active' checkbox is unchecked.
  • The 'Remove Manip.' Button:
    • Removes the manipulation from the page.
    • If the "Auto ⟳" checkbox is checked, the page will automatically reload after pressing the 'Remove Manip.' button. The 'active' checkbox will also be unchecked.
  • The 'Delete' button:
    • Deletes the current file from the extension storage.

• You can right click any element on a page to get the css path of that element.

Features

• Automatically inject custom HTML, CSS and/or Javascript every time you visit one of the websites you specified.
• Run custom CSS Before the page is fully loaded so you won't see the original page first.
• Inject Javascript on the go.
• Add/Remove/Change the HTML and CSS on the go.
• Right click on any element on a page to get the full CSS path.
• Automatically saves the changes you make.
  • Files that contain less than 8000 characters are synced across your google account.
  • Files that contain 8000 or more characters are stored locally.

Fun use cases:

• Make your own dark-theme for any website.
• Test a website you're working on.
• Cheat simple games like the t-rex game.
• Fool your friends by showing them something fake on a website.
• Whatever you can imagine, be creative

It doesn't work, what now?:

• If the extension button in the top right corner is greyed-out, you can't use it on that page.

• Make sure the 'active' checkbox is checked. And the 'active websites' input contains the correct URLs.

• For Javascript:

  • Make sure your code is run at the right moment. Maybe try adding a delay.
  • Check the chrome console for error messages.

• For CSS:

  • Make sure you are are manipulating the right element. by using "inspect element".
  • Try using '!important'.

• For HTML:

  • Make sure you haven't accidentally set the 'position' dropdown to the wrong position.

The editor used since the second release is Ace editor. Check it out here: https://ace.c9.io/