Show HN: ZapFixed – Remove annoying fixed menus – Chrome extension

I thought I'd stick this thing up, partly because I thought it might be handy. It removes fixed menus which may be cluttering up your article when you click it. I was getting annoyed with them on my laptop and would often resort to 'inspect element' and delete.

Also I was quite impressed how little code it took. Basically apart from the manifest file with the name of the app, it was the three or so lines below. I thought that might inspire someone wanting to make something similar:

There's this in the background.js file that says to call zap.js in the context of the open tab if someone clicks the button -

    chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
      chrome.tabs.executeScript({   file: 'zap.js'   });   });

And the zap.js file has this to find the fixed items and remove them (and jquery) -

    $('*').filter(function() {   return $(this).css('position') === 'fixed';  }).hide();   

And that's it mostly.

Pretty cool, it would be useful if it could remember what it changed and allow you to toggle back in case i breaks the site you're on.