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Adding a new link to a DIV using Greasemonkey / JavaScript...

I need to add a new link to a toolbar on a webpage dynamically using JavaScript/Greasemonkey. The View Page Source code for the existing web page is included in the code snippet below.

Keep in mind that I do not have access to the web page on the server .. that this will be a Greasemonkey script that processes the page with Javascript after the page loads. Suggestions?

<div id="toolbar"><a href="/game/home.pl" class="toolbar_item">Home</a>

<a href="/game/leagues.pl" class="toolbar_item">Leagues</a>
<a href="/game/search.pl" class="toolbar_item">Search</a>
<a href="/game/hof.pl" class="toolbar_item">HoF</a>
<a href="/game/market_free_agents.pl" class="toolbar_item">Marketplace</a>
<a href="/game/forum_main.pl" class="toolbar_item">Forum</a>
<a href="/game/inbox.pl" class="toolbar_item">Inbox<span id="messageCount"> (?|?)</span></a>
<a href="/game/chat.pl" class="toolbar_item">Chat</a>
<a href="/game/flex_points.pl" class="toolbar_item">Flex Points</a>

<a href="/guides.html" class="toolbar_item">FAQ/Guides</a>
<a href="http://www.glbwiki.com" class="toolbar_item" target="_new">Wiki</a>
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/goalline-blitz-radio" class="toolbar_item" target="_new">GLB Radio</a>
<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/goallineblitz" class="toolbar_item" target="_new">Shop</a>
<a href="/game/support.pl" class="toolbar_item">Support</a>
<a href="/game/logout.pl" class="toolbar_item" id="logout">Log Out</a>
</div>

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Samuel Liew

window.onload = function(){
   var myElement = document.createElement('<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>');
   document.getElementById('toolbar').appendChild(myElement); 
}

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Samuel Liew

greasemonkey:

(function(){
   var myElement = document.createElement('<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>');
   document.getElementById('toolbar').appendChild(myElement); 
})();

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ErDrRon

ASKER

Thank you for the response!

When I run the following script on the following page, http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl , I do not see the addition of a new Google tab in the toolbar. I've included the code I used below. Thoughts?

Thanks!

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Testing
// @namespace      ErDrRon
// @description    Testing
// @include        http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl
// ==/UserScript==

(function(){
   var myElement = document.createElement('<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>');
   document.getElementById('toolbar').appendChild(myElement); 
})();

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Samuel Liew

open Firefox's Error Console under Tools menu, click clear, reload the page, and tell me what is the error message.

ErDrRon

ASKER

Error: String contains an invalid character
Source File: file:///C:/Users/Ron/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/72gmph1h.default/gm_scripts/testing/testing.user.js
Line: 9

Samuel Liew

That's weird. Anyway, try removing the function tag. It is not necessary for GM scripts. If there are any more errors also let me know.

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Testing
// @namespace      ErDrRon
// @description    Testing
// @include        http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl
// ==/UserScript==

var myElement = document.createElement('<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>');
document.getElementById('toolbar').appendChild(myElement);

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ErDrRon

ASKER

I made the changes as outlined above and still receive the following error:

Error: String contains an invalid character
Source File: file:///C:/Users/Ron/AppData/Roaming/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/72gmph1h.default/gm_scripts/testing/testing.user.js
Line: 8

The script is as below:

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Testing
// @namespace      ErDrRon
// @description    Testing
// @include        http://goallineblitz.com/game/home.pl
// ==/UserScript==

var myElement = document.createElement('<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>');
document.getElementById('toolbar').appendChild(myElement);

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Samuel Liew

try {
	var myDiv = document.createElement("div");
	myDiv.innerHTML = '<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>';
	document.getElementById('toolbar').appendChild(myDiv);
} catch(e) {}

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ErDrRon

ASKER

I tried the above code. I did not receive an error in the Error Console but also did not see the added tab on the page. No changes were noted on the page after refreshing. Thoughts?

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Samuel Liew

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ErDrRon

ASKER

Works a treat! Thank you!