How do you create a new script in Greasemonkey 4?

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matthew_360 picture matthew_360 · Nov 14, 2017 · Viewed 10.1k times · Source

Greasemonkey 4.0 has changed its interface, and for the life of me I cannot find any way to create a new script.

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scooter picture scooter · Nov 17, 2017

Update: this was fixed in version 4.1 on 11-Dec-2017 (thankfully someone opened a bug for it)

Greasemonkey 4.1 menu

It really seems like version 4.0 has no way to do this (and is very poorly documented) and so my workaround was just to install a simple/short script that seemed low risk and then just edit that script to make it my own.

I used this script (source code to check for safety) and clicked the green "Install" button near the upper right of the page:

The button

This installed it into Greasemonkey.

After that, you can click on the Greasemonkey toolbar icon, click on the script you just added, and then click "Edit" in the submenu to edit it.

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