Wikipedia Print Layout Optimizer

By ulrich — Last update Feb 15, 2009 — Installed 514 times. Daily Installs: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 5, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2

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// ==UserScript==
// @name           Wikipedia Print Layout Optimizer
// @namespace      http://userscripts.org/users/79816
// @description    Removes unnecessary elements from Wikipedia print layout
// @version        1.0.2
// @copyright      2009, ulrichb
// @include        http://*.wikipedia.org/wiki/*
// ==/UserScript==


(function () { // function wrapper for Opera

  function addGlobalStyle(cssContentText) {
    var headElement;
    var styleElement;

    headElement = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];

    if (headElement) {
      styleElement = document.createElement('style');
      styleElement.type = 'text/css';
      styleElement.innerHTML = cssContentText;
      headElement.appendChild(styleElement);
    }
  }

  var disableUnimportantPrintStylesText =
    "@media print {\n" +
    "  .firstHeading { margin-top: 0; padding-top: 0; }\n" +
    "  #siteSub { display: none; }\n" +
    "  \n" +
    "  .printfooter { display: none; }\n" +
    "  #catlinks, .catlinks { display: none; }\n" +
    "  #footer { display: none; }\n" +
    "}";

  addGlobalStyle(disableUnimportantPrintStylesText);

})(); // function wrapper for Opera