sidstamm / reg-sched-tweaks

Schedule lookup page tweaks: extensions for web browsers.

Rose-Hulman reg-sched tweaks

An addon to make the schedule lookup page a little better. More info coming soon.

Installation

CHROME:

1. clone this git repo
2. navigate to chrome:extensions in your browser
3. enable developer mode
4. click the "Load Unpacked" button
5. navigate to the reg-sched-tweaks-source folder in this repo and select it.
6. profit. (Ignore the errors)

FIREFOX:

1. go to this web site
2. Click on the latest version of the extension (ends with .xpi)
3. Follow the prompts to install the xpi

Usage and Features

When installed, this extension modifies the schedule lookup page to have a pretty blue banner to let you know it's active.

On the main lookup page

• focus defaults to the "username" box
• Search buttons are enabled by default so you don't have to click in text fields before submitting forms.
• You can hit "enter" in a text box to submit the relevant form.
• Shortcut button for quickly looking up your own schedule. There's a + button that allows you to store your own username in the browser. Clicking the me button next to the + submits a username search for whatever you stored. The username is stored in your browser's localStorage (like a cookie) and will persist across visits to the site.

When viewing class schedule (course schedule grid)

• If viewing only one section, a link to view all sections is available
• A link to view the class's roster (for one or many sections) is available
• Previous and Next quarter links available to quickly see the schedule of all sections offered in adjacent quarters.

When viewing a class roster

• If viewing only one section, a link to view all sections is available
• A link to view the class meeting schedule (for one or many sections) is available

When viewing an individual's schedule

• Previous and Next quarter links available to quickly see the individual's adjacent term schedule.

On the "ad-hoc group schedules" page

• A new text box and three buttons (add, find, toggle unselected) allows quick selection of individuals in the list.
  • add: entering something in the text box, then clicking the add button will cause ALL matching entries in the list to be selected
  • find: entering something in the text box, then clicking the find button will scroll to the first matching entry in the list
  • toggle unselected: shows or hides the unselected entries in the list. This is a quick way to see who you've selected.
• Similar documentation is added to the Ad-Hoc Group Schedules page for quick access.

Development

Some information about developing extensions and testing them is here

You'll probably want to install Node.js, and then use the web-ext node package to configure and run.

Setup

Install Node.js and web-ext. Then, create a Firefox profile for testing, using the profile management screen:

• on linux/mac: firefox --no-remote -P
• on windows powershell: & 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe' --no-remote -P

Running to debug

Once a profile is created, use web-ext to run it:

web-ext run --keep-profile-changes --firefox-profile=<profilename>

Or you can use the VS Code "Debugger for Firefox" extension and the .vscode/launch.json file provided in this repo.