Hide Submit Button in Overleaf
Overleaf has a submit button at the toolbar of your project that allows you to share the project with others. Accidentally, you may click on the submit button. If you accidentally submit the project then you may need to follow the steps given here.
If you want to hide the submit button to avoid accidental submission, you can use the following userscript:
// ==UserScript==
// @name Hide Submit Button in Overleaf
// @description Hides the submit button in Overleaf project window.
// @namespace overleaf.hide.submit
// @author Damodar Rajbhandari
// @version 05.11.2024
// @match https://www.overleaf.com/project/*
// @run-at document-start
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
function hideSubmitButton() {
// Mutation observer to ensure the element is present in the DOM
const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations, observerInstance) {
const toolbarItems = document.querySelectorAll('.toolbar-item');
if (toolbarItems.length > 4) {
toolbarItems[4].style.display = "none"; // Hides Submit button in Overleaf project window.
observerInstance.disconnect(); // Stop observing after the element is found and modified
}
});
observer.observe(document.body, {
childList: true,
subtree: true
});
}
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", hideSubmitButton); // Ensure the DOM is fully loaded
})();
Note that you can show the submit button by turning off the above script from the userscript manager and refresh the Overleaf project page.
If you do not know how to use the userscript, you can search on the internet for the tutorial.
Cheers 😀
You may also like to dark mode the Overleaf’s pdf viewer, you can find the script in my previous post.
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Written by Damodar Rajbhandari, who is working on a PhD in the Mathematical Physics at the School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Melbourne, Australia.
