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By Premshree Pillai — Last update Aug 1, 2005 — Installed 1,378 times.

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Nov 17, 2004 1:04am
Jesse Andrews Admin

The following is an archive of comments made before threaded discussions was implemented (November 16th, 2008)
 
Nov 10, 2006 12:18pm
Schlick User

Nice work! I love how it displays the definition in a tooltip. It saves the hassle of checking a word by opening a new window or tab.
 
Aug 29, 2006 6:53pm
sudokuteka Scriptwright

Hi:

Due to the bug of greasemonkey, it has been introduced the key word "unsafeWindow" for refering to the "window". On the lasts versions of greasemonkey this script doesn't work.

I have made a few changes to make it work.

I paste the script:

// ==UserScript==
// @name Dict
// @namespace http://premshree.org/userscripts
// @description Find the meaning of any word on a
// web page by double-clicking on it
// @include *
// ==/UserScript==

/*
* $premshree$ $2005-07-21 12:25$
*/

unsafeWindow.dict = function(e) {
d = document;
text = unsafeWindow.getSelection();
text = escape(text);
if (text != '') {
MyGM_xmlhttpRequest("http://www.onelook.com/?w="+text+"&ls=a", e.clientX+window.scrollX, e.clientY+window.scrollY);
}
GM_log('text: '+text);
}

parse = function(text, x, y) {
var text_arr = text.split("\n");
var reg_exp = /^

  • .*<\/i>:<\/b>   (.*)$/i;
    for (var i=0; i<text_arr>
    var arr = reg_exp.exec(text_arr[i]);
    if (arr) {
    meaning = arr[1].replace(/color=green/, '');
    show_meaning(meaning, x, y);
    break;
    }
    }
    }

    show_meaning = function(meaning, x, y) {
    html = meaning + ' [x]';
    if (document.getElementById('GmDict')) {
    div = document.getElementById('GmDict');
    div.innerHTML = '';
    } else {
    var div = document.createElement('DIV');
    }
    div.setAttribute('ID', 'GmDict');
    div.innerHTML = html;
    div.setAttribute('name', 'GmDict');
    div.setAttribute('style', 'position: absolute; left: '+x+'px; top: '+y+'px; border: 0px; z-Index: 999; display: block; width: 150; background: #666; border: #333 solid 1px; -moz-opacity: 0.8; color: #FFF; font-size: 12px; padding: 3px;');
    document.body.insertBefore(div, document.body.firstChild);
    }

    MyGM_xmlhttpRequest = function(url, x, y) {
    GM_xmlhttpRequest ( {
    method : "GET",
    url : url,
    onload : function (details) {
    if (details.readyState == 4) {
    parse(details.responseText, x, y);
    }
    }
    } );
    }

    unsafeWindow.document.addEventListener("dblclick", unsafeWindow.dict, true);

    		•
     
    Jan 6, 2006 10:52am
    Barak Peleg User

    Is it possible to change the event instead of double clicking to ctrl-double click. I sometimes use double-clk to select a word quickly which I don't want its definition.
    Except for that its great.
     
    Oct 12, 2005 12:01am
    nitro322 Scriptwright

    Perfect! Thanks, Rick!
     
    Oct 5, 2005 1:18am
    Rick Fletcher Scriptwright
    		This line will modify the script to do what you guys want. Add it at the bottom of the script:

    window.addEventListener("click", function() { var div = document.getElementById('GmDict'); div && div.setAttribute( "style", "display: none;" ); }, true);
     
    Oct 2, 2005 1:16pm
    nitro322 Scriptwright

    I'd like to second Alec's request. This is a really nice extension, but it'd be more usable, if a simple click elsewhere on the page would make the definition disappear. Other than that, though, it's great!
     
    Aug 2, 2005 8:20am
    Alec_Burgess User

    It would be "nice" if a single or double-click elsewhere in the page would close the popup (or provide and [x] to close the popup. Currently you have to dbl-click on word in the margin to get it out of the way.
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