Don't automatically refresh the library when opening a history item

[Dariush]

When I open a history item from 'today' submenu in the library, it is immediately pushed to the top after the page loads - thus, if I want to open several items, I have to quickly select something else after opening an item, because otherwise my selection will move to the top of the list, which is inconvenient. This works as expected for submenus other than the 'today' one - opened items stay where they are (and their open dates are not changed) until I reload the submenu.

[GMforker]

You can sort it by name, e.g.

[Dariush]

I know, but it's not really suitable for me.

[pintassilgo]

http://userchromejs.mozdev.org/ install
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https://github.com/alice0775/userChrome ... rChrome.js save (click "Raw") into profile folder\chrome (if you don't know where is your profile folder, open about:support)
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https://github.com/alice0775/userChrome ... roll.uc.js save too into profile folder\chrome

[Dariush]

Hm, I can't get userChromeJS to work, at all. I tested on a fresh profile in both Pale Moon and Firefox with a single line 'alert("test");' in userchrome.js in <profile/chrome>, along with some examples from the default file, and nothing happens even after restart with -purgecaches. Nobody else seems to have this problem. Also, all discussion is from years ago. Am I doing something wrong or is this extension dead?

[pintassilgo]

The extension still works, but in Firefox it will die in v57.

Sorry, the last link from my post is wrong. It does the trick for history sidebar, not library. The one that you want is this:
https://github.com/alice0775/userChrome ... roll.uc.js

[pintassilgo]

And you shouldn't modify /chrome/userChrome.js file (2nd link from my first post). Create tests in .uc.js files. Example:

/chrome/test.uc.js:

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        test
// @include     main
// ==/UserScript==

alert('test');

[Dariush]

Ooh, it worked! Thanks a lot. Though I still would have preferred the item to not be updated at all, since this way we end up with two different behaviors for opening history items from today (item is updated and moves to the top, selection switches to another item) and not from today (item is not updated and remains in place).