// ==UserScript==
// @name change _blank target
// @namespace http://www.fpm-edv.at/userscripts/
// @description Changes the target of links which open new windows
// @include *
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
// very heavy to do this like this but haven't found an other solution
document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
// it must be a left click!
if (event.which != 1) {
return;
}
// get the target node of the click
var node = event.target;
// this is necessary because in the tag can be other Tags
// Stop if tag found
while(node.nodeName.toLowerCase() != 'a') {
// if tag or there is an onclick attribute stop
if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'body' || node.getAttribute('onclick') != null || node.getAttribute('onClick') != null) {
return;
}
// go down the spine
node = node.parentNode;
}
// found a tag does it have a href attribute and no aonclick attribute
if(node.getAttribute('href') != null && node.getAttribute('onclick') == null && node.getAttribute('onClick') == null) {
// check if target, _base_target is not _new or _blank
if (node.getAttribute('target') != "_blank" && node.getAttribute('target') != "_new" && node.getAttribute('_base_target') != "_blank" && node.getAttribute('_base_target') != "_new") {
return;
}
// prefent default behavior
event.preventDefault();
event.stopPropagation();
// do the click so overwrite the standard click behavior
window.location.href = node.getAttribute('href');
}
}, true);
})();