From ef85e9ef0248f996879ede35cf4cb368b5d80766 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Hook <lawrencehook@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 19:50:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add option to hide YouTube Playables (closes #158,
 closes #175)

Also auto-select Homepage section in options when on YouTube homepage.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/content-script/main.css | 1 +
 src/content-script/main.js  | 9 +++++++++
 src/options/main.js         | 2 ++
 src/shared/main.js          | 6 ++++++
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/content-script/main.css b/src/content-script/main.css
index c6b687f..79442ee 100644
--- a/src/content-script/main.css
+++ b/src/content-script/main.css
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ html[global_enable="true"][remove_all_but_one="true"] ytd-browse[page-subtype="h
 html[global_enable="true"][remove_all_but_one="true"] ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-grid-renderer > #contents > ytd-continuation-item-renderer,
 html[global_enable="true"][remove_extra_rows="true"] ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-grid-renderer > #contents > ytd-rich-grid-row + ytd-rich-section-renderer,
 html[global_enable="true"][remove_infinite_scroll="true"] ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] ytd-rich-grid-renderer > #contents > ytd-continuation-item-renderer,
+html[global_enable="true"][remove_playables="true"] *[is_playable],
 
 /* Video Player - UX */
 html[global_enable="true"][disable_fullscreen_scroll="true"] ytd-watch-flexy[fullscreen] div#columns,
diff --git a/src/content-script/main.js b/src/content-script/main.js
index be1c047..8cf92fd 100644
--- a/src/content-script/main.js
+++ b/src/content-script/main.js
@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ function runDynamicSettings() {
       });
     }
 
+    // Hide playables
+    if (cache['remove_playables']) {
+      const playableCards = qsa('ytd-mini-game-card-view-model');
+      playableCards?.forEach(card => {
+        const shelfContainer = card.closest('ytd-rich-section-renderer');
+        shelfContainer?.setAttribute('is_playable', '');
+      });
+    }
+
     // Channel page option
     if (onChannel) {
       if (cache['remove_channel_for_you']) {
diff --git a/src/options/main.js b/src/options/main.js
index 666ee4e..7628b92 100644
--- a/src/options/main.js
+++ b/src/options/main.js
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ function populateOptions(SECTIONS, headerSettings, SETTING_VALUES) {
     qs('.sidebar_section[tag="Subscriptions"]').click();
   } else if (channelRegex.test(currentUrl)) {
     qs('.sidebar_section[tag="Channel"]').click();
+  } else if (homepageRegex.test(currentUrl)) {
+    qs('.sidebar_section[tag="Homepage"]').click();
   } else {
     qs('.sidebar_section[tag="Basic"]').click();
   }
diff --git a/src/shared/main.js b/src/shared/main.js
index 5cd631e..ba820e2 100644
--- a/src/shared/main.js
+++ b/src/shared/main.js
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ const SECTIONS = [
         id: "remove_infinite_scroll",
         defaultValue: false
       },
+      {
+        name: "Hide Playables",
+        id: "remove_playables",
+        defaultValue: false
+      },
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -741,6 +746,7 @@ const idToShortId = {
   "log_prompt_answered":               '92',
   "remove_results_description":        '93',
   "enable_theater":                    '94',
+  "remove_playables":                  '95',
 };