Open-source web browser Brave announced a new feature that allows users to write and inject their own scriptlets into a page, giving them greater control over their browsing experience.
Brave is a free and open-source web browser developed by Brave Software, Inc. based on the Chromium web browser.
How to use custom scriptlets
- On the Desktop, open the Settings menu.
- Navigate to the Shields section, then to Content Filtering. (Or you can go directly to brave://settings/shields/filters.)
- Scroll down and enable Developer mode.
- Under Custom scriptlets, click Add new scriptlet and write your JavaScript. Give it a name (note that the custom scriptlet always gets saved with a user- prefix). Then click Save.
- Finally, insert the rule by adding a custom rule for the website you want to modify, and press Save Changes. Note that you must use filter rule syntax, which looks something like “example.com##+js(name-of-your-scriptlet.js)”. For more information, see the custom scriptlet technical documentation.
Once the scriptlet is done, you can visit the website you just modified to see the difference:
Before: stackoverflow.com without the custom scriptlet
After: cleaned up stackoverflow.com with the custom scriptlet which removed the sidebars
Editing or deleting a custom scriptlet
You can easily edit or delete your custom scriptlet using the buttons on the right.
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Custom scriptlets are stored locally in your browser, and never leave the device.
