autoselecting normal text on mouse hover experiment (works after 666 milliseconds)

autoselect-experiment.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name           MB. entity icons + shorten and embelish MB links
// @version        2012.1105.1202+autoselect
// @description    musicbrainz.org: In some pages like edits, blog, forums, chatlogs, tickets, annotations, etc. it will prefix entity links with an icon, shorten and embelish all sorts of MB links (entities, tickets, bugs, edits, etc.).
// @namespace      http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/131731
// @author         Tristan DANIEL (PATATE12 aka. jesus2099/shamo)
// @licence        CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 FR (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/fr/)
// @grant          none
// @match          *://*.musicbrainz.org/*
// @run-at         document-end
// ==/UserScript==
if(self.location.href.match(/^https?:\/\/([^.]+\.)?musicbrainz\.org\/.*$/)){/*@matchopera*/(function(){"use strict";
	/* -------- CONFIGURATION START (don't edit above) -------- */
	var confirmIfMoreThan = 2000;/*-1 to never confirm*/
	var autoselect = true;
	/* -------- CONFIGURATION  END  (don't edit below) -------- */
	var userjs = "jesus2099userjs131731";
	var MBS = self.location.protocol+"//"+self.location.host.replace(/^([^.]+\.)?(musicbrainz\.org)$/, "$2");
	var dialogprefix = "..:: ENTITY ICONS :: LINK EMBELISHER ::..\n\n";
	var to, tonode;
	var entities = {
		"artist": {"path":"/artist/", "icon":"artist"},
		"work": {"path":"/work/", "icon":"blank"},
		"release-group": {"path":"/release-group/", "icon":"release_group"},
		"release": {"path":"/release/", "icon":"release"},
		"recording": {"path":"/recording/", "icon":"recording"},
		"track": {"path":"/track/", "icon":"recording"},
		"label": {"path":"/label/", "icon":"label"},
		"edit": {"path":"/edit/", "id": "[0-9]+", "label":"edit\u00a0#%id%"},
		"classic.edit": {"path":"/show/edit/?editid=", "id": "[0-9]+", "label":"edit\u00a0#%id%"},
		"user": {"path":"/user/", "id": ".+"},
		"classic.user": {"path":"/show/user/?username=", "id": ".+"},
		"bug": {"fullpath":"http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/ticket/", "id": "[0-9]+", "label":"#%id%"},
		"ticket": {"fullpath":"http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/", "id": "[A-Za-z]+-[0-9]+", "label":"%id%"},
	};
	document.head.appendChild(document.createElement("style")).setAttribute("type", "text/css");
	var ss = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
	ss.insertRule("a."+userjs+" {text-shadow:1px 1px 2px silver;white-space:nowrap}", ss.cssRules.length);
	for (var ent in entities) {
		if (entities.hasOwnProperty(ent)) {
			var u = (entities[ent].fullpath?entities[ent].fullpath:"musicbrainz.org"+entities[ent].path.replace("?", "\\?"));
			var c = userjs+ent;
			if (entities[ent].icon) {
				ss.insertRule("a."+c+"::before {content:url("+MBS+"/static/images/entity/"+entities[ent].icon+".png)!important;margin-right:4px!important;vertical-align:-25%!important;}", ss.cssRules.length);
			}
			var as;
			if (entities[ent].fullpath) {
				as = document.querySelectorAll("a[href^='"+u+"']");
			}
			else if (self.location.href.match(new RegExp("^https?://(test\.|beta\.|classic\.)?musicbrainz\.org"))) {
				as = document.querySelectorAll(
					"table.details a[href*='://"+u+"'], "+
					"table.details a[href*='://test."+u+"'], "+
					"table.details a[href*='://beta."+u+"'], "+
					"table.details a[href*='://classic."+u+"'][href$='.html'], "+
					"div.annotation a[href*='://"+u+"'], "+
					"div.annotation a[href*='://test."+u+"'], "+
					"div.annotation a[href*='://beta."+u+"'], "+
					"div.annotation a[href*='://classic."+u+"'][href$='.html'], "+
					"div[class^='edit-'] a[href*='://"+u+"'], "+
					"div[class^='edit-'] a[href*='://test."+u+"'], "+
					"div[class^='edit-'] a[href*='://beta."+u+"'], "+
					"div[class^='edit-'] a[href*='://classic."+u+"'][href$='.html']"
				);
			}
			else {
				as = document.querySelectorAll(
					"a[href*='://"+u+"'], "+
					"a[href*='://test."+u+"'], "+
					"a[href*='://beta."+u+"'], "+
					"a[href*='://classic."+u+"'][href$='.html']"
				);
			}
			if (confirmIfMoreThan < 0 || (as.length <= confirmIfMoreThan || as.length > confirmIfMoreThan && confirm(dialogprefix+"There are "+as.length+" "+ent.toUpperCase()+"S to decorate on this page.\nThis can take a great while.\n\nPress OK if you still want to decorate those "+ent+"s or\npress CANCEL if you want to skip it this time."))) {
				for (var a=0; a<as.length; a++) {
					var href, id;
					if (
						(href = as[a].getAttribute("href")) && 
						(id = href.match(new RegExp(u+"("+(entities[ent].id?entities[ent].id:"[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}")+")(?:\.html)?(/[a-z_-]+)?(?:.*(#[a-z0-9_-]+))?$", "i"))) && 
						!as[a].querySelector("img:not(.rendericon)")
					) {
						var altserv = href.match(/^https?:\/\/(?:(test|beta|classic)\.)/);
						as[a].className += " "+c;
						if (autoselect) {
							as[a].addEventListener("mouseover", function(e) { tonode = this; to = setTimeout(selectNode, 666); }, false);
							as[a].addEventListener("mouseout", function(e) { if (to) { clearTimeout(to); clearSelection(); to = null; } }, false);
						}
						if (as[a].textContent == href || /*forums*/as[a].textContent == href.substr(0, 39)+" \u2026 "+href.substr(-10) || /*edit-notes*/as[a].textContent == href.substr(0, 48)+"\u2026") {
							as[a].className += " "+userjs;
							var text = (entities[ent].label?entities[ent].label.replace(/%id%/, id[1]):id[1]) + (id[2]?"\u00a0"+id[2]:"") + (id[3]?"\u00a0#":"");
							if (text) {
								as[a].replaceChild(document.createTextNode(text), as[a].firstChild);
								as[a].setAttribute("title", ent);
							}
							if (altserv) {
								as[a].insertBefore(document.createElement("code").appendChild(document.createTextNode(altserv[1]+"\u00a0")).parentNode, as[a].firstChild);
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	function selectNode(n) { /* (I fixed) http://bytes.com/topic/javascript/answers/598274-javascript-select-text-mouseover#post2360143 */
		var selection, range, doc, win;
		var node = n?n:tonode;
		if (node) {
			if (
				(doc = node.ownerDocument) &&
				(win = doc.defaultView) &&
				typeof win.getSelection != "undefined" &&
				typeof doc.createRange != "undefined" &&
				(selection = self.getSelection()) &&
				typeof selection.removeAllRanges != "undefined"
			) {
				range = doc.createRange();
				range.selectNode(node);
				range.setStart(node.firstChild, 0);
				range.setEnd(node.lastChild, node.lastChild.textContent.length);
				selection.removeAllRanges();
				selection.addRange(range);
			}
			else if (
				document.body &&
				typeof document.body.createTextRange != "undefined" &&
				(range = document.body.createTextRange())
			) {
				range.moveToElementText(node);
				range.select();
			}
		}
	}
	function clearSelection() {
		if (document.selection) document.selection.empty();
		else if (self.getSelection) self.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
	}
})();}