I have the Netflix Queue sorter installed as an extension. However, it randomly assigns an order to the movies within a genre. I want it to sort by name within the genre.
I open C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\ExtensionId\1.13_0\script.js and I can see that the javascript still needs some work. Here is the my modified method which sorts on title and genre.
function sortByTitleAndGenre() {
var articles;
sortInfo = [];
var pos = 1;
var articlesKey = 'sortByTitle.articles';
var ignoreArticlesKey = 'sortByTitle.ignoreArticles';
var ignoreArticles = GM_getValue(ignoreArticlesKey);
if (undefined === ignoreArticles) {
// Use true as default as Netflix ignores articles too.
ignoreArticles = true;
// Store keys so that users can change it via about:config.
GM_setValue(ignoreArticlesKey, ignoreArticles);
// The articles are used "as-is", so there must be a space after
// each one in most cases. To avoid typos in the default, use [].
articles = [
"A ",
"AN ",
"THE ",
"EL ",
"LA ",
"LE ",
"LES ",
"IL ",
"L'"
];
GM_setValue(articlesKey, articles.join(',').toUpperCase());
}
var elts = customGetElementsByClassName(document, 'input', 'o');
for (var idx = 0; idx < elts.length; idx++) {
var boxName = elts[idx].name;
var boxId = boxName.substring(2);
// If a movie is both at home and in the queue, or a movie has been
// watched but is still in the queue, there is both _0 and _1.
// Here we either one works.
var titleId = 'b0' + boxId + '_0';
var titleElt = document.getElementById(titleId);
var genre = $("tr[data-mid='" + boxId + "'] .gn .genre").text().toUpperCase();
var title = titleElt.innerHTML.toUpperCase();
if (ignoreArticles) {
// Get the articles, but default to empty string.
var articlesStr = GM_getValue(articlesKey, '') || '';
articlesStr = articlesStr.toUpperCase();
articles = articlesStr.split(',');
for (var aa = 0; aa < articles.length; aa++) {
var article = articles[aa].toUpperCase();
if (0 === title.indexOf(article)) {
// Move article to the end of the string.
title = title.substring(article.length) +
', ' + article;
break;
}
}
}
var record = {
"id": boxId,
"title": title,
"genre": genre,
"origPos": pos++
};
sortInfo.push(record);
}
var sortFn = function (a, b) {
if (a.genre == b.genre)
return a.title > b.title ? -1 : 1;
else
return a.genre > b.genre ? -1 : 1;
};
sortInfo.sort(sortFn);
setOrder("origPos", elts);
}
My problem is that while it sorts fine, it's not ignoring the articles. Is my sort function off? I think it can be defined more succinctly (in one line).
var sortFn = function (a, b) {
if (a.genre == b.genre)
return a.title > b.title ? -1 : 1;
else
return a.genre > b.genre ? -1 : 1;
};
I figured it out. The code was built to set the articles array to empty. It's a small WTF, but I fixed it with a few commented lines.
//var articlesStr = GM_getValue(articlesKey, '') || '';
//articlesStr = articlesStr.toUpperCase();
//articles = articlesStr.split(',');
for anyone who uses this extension, I fixed it by adding the jquery library to the extension. I added a reference to it in manifest.json.
Then just replace the existing sortByGenre with this method
function sortByGenre() {
var articles;
sortInfo = [];
var pos = 1;
var articlesKey = 'sortByTitle.articles';
var ignoreArticlesKey = 'sortByTitle.ignoreArticles';
var ignoreArticles = GM_getValue(ignoreArticlesKey);
if (undefined === ignoreArticles) {
// Use true as default as Netflix ignores articles too.
ignoreArticles = true;
// Store keys so that users can change it via about:config.
GM_setValue(ignoreArticlesKey, ignoreArticles);
// The articles are used "as-is", so there must be a space after
// each one in most cases. To avoid typos in the default, use [].
articles = [
"A ",
"AN ",
"THE ",
"EL ",
"LA ",
"LE ",
"LES ",
"IL ",
"L'"
];
//GM_setValue(articlesKey, articles.join(',').toUpperCase());
}
var elts = customGetElementsByClassName(document, 'input', 'o');
for (var idx = 0; idx < elts.length; idx++) {
var boxName = elts[idx].name;
var boxId = boxName.substring(2);
// If a movie is both at home and in the queue, or a movie has been
// watched but is still in the queue, there is both _0 and _1.
// Here we either one works.
var titleId = 'b0' + boxId + '_0';
var titleElt = document.getElementById(titleId);
var genre = $("tr[data-mid='" + boxId + "'] .gn .genre").text().toUpperCase();
var title = titleElt.innerHTML.toUpperCase();
if (ignoreArticles) {
// Get the articles, but default to empty string.
//var articlesStr = GM_getValue(articlesKey, '') || '';
//articlesStr = articlesStr.toUpperCase();
//articles = articlesStr.split(',');
for (var aa = 0; aa < articles.length; aa++) {
var article = articles[aa].toUpperCase();
if (0 === title.indexOf(article)) {
// Move article to the end of the string.
title = title.substring(article.length) +
', ' + article;
break;
}
}
}
var record = {
"id": boxId,
"title": title,
"genre": genre,
"origPos": pos++
};
sortInfo.push(record);
}
var sortFn = function (a, b) {
if (a.genre == b.genre)
return a.title > b.title ? -1 : 1;
else
return a.genre > b.genre ? -1 : 1;
};
sortInfo.sort(sortFn);
setOrder("origPos", elts);
}
once you do that you can go into developer mode in chrome and either load it unpacked or pack it as a crx, navigate to the file within chrome, and install the extension.