Summary

This article guides you through the process of setting up a Tampermonkey script to automatically click the "Folders" button on the Google Drive home page.

Issue Description

Users need to manually click the "Folders" button every time they access the Google Drive home page, which can be tedious and time-consuming for frequent users.

Affected Systems

This issue affects users of the Google Drive web interface on browsers where Tampermonkey can be installed, specifically Google Chrome.

Tamper monkey user script to auto click on Folders button

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Auto-Click Folders in Google Drive
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.1
// @description  Click on "Folders" button on Google Drive home page
// @author       IT Solver
// @match        https://drive.google.com/drive/home
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    function clickFoldersButton() {
        // Find the Folders button by its text content
        var xpath = "//span[contains(text(), 'Folders')]";
        var foldersButton = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;

        if (foldersButton) {
            console.log('%s: Clicking "Folders" button.', 'Tampermonkey Script');
            foldersButton.click();
        } else {
            console.log('%s: "Folders" button not found.', 'Tampermonkey Script');
        }
    }

    // Delay execution to ensure the page is fully loaded and the button is rendered
    setTimeout(clickFoldersButton, 1500);
})();

Resolution Steps

1. Install the Tampermonkey extension for Google Chrome from here.
2. Create a new script in Tampermonkey's dashboard.
3. Copy and paste the provided script into the new script window.
4. Save the script and ensure it's enabled.
5. Visit https://drive.google.com/drive/home to test the script. The "Folders" button should be automatically clicked after the page loads.

Additional Notes

• This solution is specific to Google Chrome with the Tampermonkey extension installed.
• Be aware that changes to Google Drive's UI may require updates to the script.

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