Handling events differently.

Now, there will be no more "false positives".
The click listener will only be on youtube links.

background.js

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function cleanToken(token) {
 
 // Links click event handling
 browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(message) {
-  let url = message.youtubeUrl;
+  let url = message.url;
   const name = message.targetName;
   browser.storage.sync.get("url").then(function(item) {
     const subst = item.url + `/watch?v=`;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(message) {
       );
     } else {
       browser.tabs.update(
-          {url: url, loadReplace: true}
+        {url: url, loadReplace: false}
       )
     }
     console.log('Youtube to invidious is redirecting you to invidious')

manifest.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   "manifest_version": 2,
   "name": "Youtube to invidious",
-  "version": "0.2",
+  "version": "0.3",
 
   "description": "Change every youtube link to an invidious one",
 

to-invidious.js

@@ -1,11 +1,62 @@
-window.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+function findATagsAndAddListener(el) {
+  let tags = [];
+
+  // Google has elements that prevent click on links. May need different handling
+  // if (window.location.href.indexOf("google.") > 0) {
+  //   const elements = document.getElementsByClassName("NqpkQc");
+  //   while(elements.length > 0){
+  //       elements[0].parentNode.removeChild(elements[0]);
+  //   }
+  // }
+
+  if (window.location.href.indexOf('youtube.com') > 0) {
+    tags = el.querySelectorAll('a[href*="/watch"]');
+  } else {
+    tags = el.querySelectorAll('a[href*="youtube.com/"]');
+  }
+
+  for (i = 0; i < tags.length; i++) {
+    addListenerToATag(tags[i]);
+  }
+}
+
+function addListenerToATag(tag) {
+  tag.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopImmediatePropagation();
+
+      // Find the a tag
       var target = e.target;
       while ((target.tagName != "A" || !target.href) && target.parentNode) {
         target = target.parentNode;
       }
-  if (target.tagName != "A" || target.href.indexOf('youtube') == -1) 
-    return;
       
-  e.preventDefault();
-  browser.runtime.sendMessage({"youtubeUrl": target.href, "targetName": (target.attributes.target != null ? target.attributes.target.nodeValue : '_self')});
+      let targetName = (target.attributes.target != null ? target.attributes.target.nodeValue : '_self')
+      if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) {
+        targetName = "_blank";
+      }
+
+      browser.runtime.sendMessage({"url": target.href, "targetName": targetName});
+    })
+}
+
+// Add the event listeners to the current elements of the body
+findATagsAndAddListener(document.body);
+
+// Monitor the DOM for additions and create event listeners on the go
+const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
+  mutations.forEach((mutation) => {
+    if (mutation.addedNodes && mutation.addedNodes.length > 0) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < mutation.addedNodes.length; i++) {
+        const newNode = mutation.addedNodes[i];
+        if (newNode.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE || newNode.nodeType === Node.DOCUMENT_NODE || newNode.nodeType === Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE) {
+          findATagsAndAddListener(newNode);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  });
+});
+observer.observe(document.body, {
+  childList: true,
+  subtree: true
 });