Add setting to hide AI summary below YouTube player (#2901)

_locales/en/messages.json

@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
         "message": "Hide date"
     },
     "hideDetailButton": {
-        "message": "Buttons (below the player)"
+        "message": "Hide detail button"
     },
     "hideDetails": {
         "message": "Hide details"
@@ -1424,5 +1424,11 @@
     },
     "pauseWhileIAmTypingOnYouTube": {
         "message": "Pause when I'm typing on YouTube"
+    },
+    "hideCustomizeMenu": {
+        "message": "Hide customize menu"
+    },
+    "hideAISummary": {
+        "message": "Hide AI summary below player"
     }
 }

background.js

@@ -98,6 +98,91 @@ chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function (installed) {
 				});
 			}
 		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('comments_sidebar_simple', function (result) {
+			if (result.comments_sidebar_simple === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({comments_sidebar_simple: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_animated_thumbnails', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_animated_thumbnails === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_animated_thumbnails: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_cards', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_cards === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_cards: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_comments', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_comments === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_comments: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_comments_count', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_comments_count === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_comments_count: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_details', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_details === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_details: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_views_count', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_views_count === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_views_count: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_date', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_date === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_date: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_share_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_share_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_share_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_save_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_save_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_save_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_more_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_more_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_more_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_download_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_download_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_download_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_clip_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_clip_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_clip_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_thanks_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_thanks_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_thanks_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_dislike_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_dislike_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_dislike_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_report_button', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_report_button === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_report_button: true});
+			}
+		});
+		chrome.storage.local.get('hide_ai_summary', function (result) {
+			if (result.hide_ai_summary === true) {
+				chrome.storage.local.set({hide_ai_summary: true});
+			}
+		});
 	} else if (installed.reason == 'install') {
 		if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
 			chrome.storage.local.set({below_player_pip: false})
@@ -177,6 +262,19 @@ chrome.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(function () {
 chrome.storage.onChanged.addListener(function (changes) {
 	if (changes?.language) updateContextMenu(changes.language.newValue);
 	if (changes?.improvedTubeSidebar) chrome.sidePanel.setPanelBehavior({openPanelOnActionClick: changes.language.newValue});
+
+	// Listen for hide_ai_summary changes and notify tabs
+	if (changes?.hide_ai_summary) {
+		// Query only active YouTube tabs and send the message
+		chrome.tabs.query({ url: "*://www.youtube.com/*" }, (tabs) => {
+			for (const tab of tabs) {
+				// Check if the tab is likely still connected (optional but good practice)
+				if (tabConnected[tab.id]) {
+					chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tab.id, { action: 'apply-hide-ai-summary' }).catch(error => console.log(`Could not send message to tab ${tab.id}: ${error.message}`)); // Add catch for potentially closed tabs
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	}
 });
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------
 # TAB Helper, prune stale connected tabs

js&css/extension/init.js

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extension.events.on('init', function () {
 	extension.features.relatedVideos();
 	extension.features.comments();
 	extension.features.openNewTab();
+	extension.features.hideAISummary();
 	bodyReady();
 });
 
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, sendResponse) {
 		});
 	} else if (request.action === "another-video-started-playing") {
 		extension.features.onlyOnePlayerInstancePlaying();
+	} else if (request.action === 'apply-hide-ai-summary') {
+		extension.features.hideAISummary();
 	}
 });
 

js&css/extension/www.youtube.com/general/general.css

@@ -453,3 +453,10 @@ html[it-channel-compact-theme='true'] #sections > ytd-guide-section-renderer:nth
 html[it-channel-compact-theme='true'] #sections > ytd-guide-section-renderer:nth-child(4) > h3:active {
 	background-color: var(--yt-spec-10-percent-layer);
 }
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------
+# HIDE AI SUMMARY
+--------------------------------------------------------------*/
+html[it-hide-ai-summary="true"] ytd-engagement-panel-section-list-renderer[target-id*="description"] {
+	display: none !important;
+}

js&css/extension/www.youtube.com/general/general.js

@@ -578,3 +578,14 @@ extension.features.openNewTab = function () {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------
+HIDE AI SUMMARY
+--------------------------------------------------------------*/
+extension.features.hideAISummary = function () {
+	if (isset(extension.storage.hide_ai_summary)) {
+		document.documentElement.setAttribute('it-hide-ai-summary', extension.storage.hide_ai_summary);
+	} else {
+		document.documentElement.removeAttribute('it-hide-ai-summary');
+	}
+};

js&css/extension/www.youtube.com/styles.css

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ html {overflow-x: hidden !important}
 									/* previously also: html[it-transcript='true'] {overflow-x: hidden !important}*/
 @-moz-document url-prefix() {html {overflow-x: visible !important}} /* REMOVE ME SOON https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/1649 */
 
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# HIDE AI SUMMARY
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+html[it-hide-ai-summary='true'] ytd-engagement-panel-section-list-renderer[target-id*="description"] {
+    display: none !important;
+}
+
 @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {
 	div#primary ytd-live-chat-frame {width: auto !important;}
 	html[it-pathname*="/shorts/"] #header.style-scope ytd-engagement-panel-title-header-renderer,

manifest.json

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	"background": {
-		"service_worker": "background.js",
-		"scripts": ["background.js"]
+		"service_worker": "background.js"
 	},
 	"action": {
 		"default_popup": "menu/index.html",

menu/skeleton-parts/general.js

@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ extension.skeleton.main.layers.section.general = {
 					component: 'switch',
 					text: 'collapseOfSubscriptionSections'
 				},
+				hide_ai_summary: {
+					component: 'switch',
+					text: 'hideAISummary',
+					id: 'hide-ai-summary'
+				},
 				youtube_home_page: {
 					component: 'select',
 					text: 'youtubeHomePage',