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Created June 14, 2010 10:06
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This userscript is meant to be an example on how to use jQuery in a userscript on Google Chrome.
// ==UserScript==
// @name jQuery For Chrome (A Cross Browser Example)
// @namespace jQueryForChromeExample
// @include *
// @author Erik Vergobbi Vold
// @description This userscript is meant to be an example on how to use jQuery in a userscript on Google Chrome.
// ==/UserScript==
// a function that loads jQuery and calls a callback function when jQuery has finished loading
function addJQuery(callback) {
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.setAttribute("src", "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js");
script.addEventListener('load', function() {
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.textContent = "(" + callback.toString() + ")();";
document.body.appendChild(script);
}, false);
document.body.appendChild(script);
}
// the guts of this userscript
function main() {
alert("There are " + $('a').length + " links on this page.");
}
// load jQuery and execute the main function
addJQuery(main);
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