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Outlook: strike through read subjects

Strikes through the subject of already-read emails in the list so unread ones are easier to spot.

Code to copy

// Strike through the subject of already-read messages in the list
function strikeRead() {
  document.querySelectorAll('div[role="option"]').forEach(function (row) {
    const label = (row.getAttribute('aria-label') || '').toLowerCase();
    const isRead = label.indexOf('unread') === -1 && label.indexOf('nieprzeczyt') === -1;
    const subject = row.querySelector('span[title], div[title]');
    if (subject) {
      subject.style.textDecoration = isRead ? 'line-through' : 'none';
    }
  });
}
strikeRead();
const obs = new MutationObserver(strikeRead);
obs.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });

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