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+// ==UserScript==
+// @name         AB Tag Chips
+// @version      1.0
+// @description  convert tags to chips for quicker selection and improve selecting ux
+// @author       Marv, metonym
+// @match        https://animebytes.tv/upload.php
+// @icon         https://animebytes.tv/favicon.ico
+// @grant        GM_addStyle
+// ==/UserScript==
+
+// yoinked from https://github.com/MarvNC/AB-enhancements/raw/master/ab-better-upload-page.user.js
+// with some improvements
+
+const EXCLUDE_OPTIONS = ['', '---'];
+
+const ADD_CSS = /* css */ `
+/* Container styles */
+.chip-container {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+
+/* Chip styles */
+.chip {
+  background-color: white;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  padding: 6px 12px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: #555;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: background-color 0.3s ease;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+/* Hover effect */
+.chip:hover {
+  background-color: #eeeeee;
+}
+
+/* Selected chip */
+.chip.selected {
+  background-color: #555;
+  color: white;
+}
+`;
+
+let selectedTags = [];
+
+(function() {
+    'use strict';
+
+    GM_addStyle(ADD_CSS);
+
+    convertTagSelectsToInputChips();
+})();
+
+/**
+ * converts the tag selects to input chips by hiding the select and adding a chip for each option that is selected
+ * also improves the UX when selecting and unselecting a tag so that the input box updates appropriately
+ */
+function convertTagSelectsToInputChips() {
+  const selects = [...document.querySelectorAll("select[id^='genre_tags_']")];
+  const inputs = [...document.querySelectorAll("input[id^='tags_']")];
+  for (const select of selects) {
+    select.style.display = 'none';
+
+    // could probably do this better but it works /shrug
+    let input = null;
+    for (const inp of inputs) {
+        if (select.id.endsWith(inp.id)) {
+            input = inp;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const parent = select.parentElement;
+    const chipContainer = document.createElement('div');
+    chipContainer.className = 'chip-container';
+    parent.prepend(chipContainer);
+
+    const options = [...select.options];
+    for (const option of options) {
+      if (EXCLUDE_OPTIONS.includes(option.textContent)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const chip = document.createElement('div');
+      chip.className = 'chip';
+      chip.textContent = option.textContent;
+
+      chip.addEventListener('click', () => {
+        let isSelected = selectedTags.includes(option.textContent);
+        if (!isSelected) {
+            selectedTags.push(option.textContent);
+        } else {
+            let i = selectedTags.indexOf(option.textContent);
+            selectedTags.splice(i, 1);
+        }
+
+        chip.classList.toggle('selected', !isSelected);
+
+        selectedTags.sort()
+        input.value = selectedTags.join(", ");
+      });
+
+      chipContainer.appendChild(chip);
+    }
+  }
+}
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