Restore Google Maps Tab in Google Search

google_maps_tab_tampermonkey.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Google Maps Tab
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      2025-11-24
// @description  Adds a missing “Maps” tab back to Google Search
// @author       Artyom Yagovdik <artyom.yagovdik(at)gmail.com>
// @match        https://www.google.com/search*
// @icon         https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=google.com
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(() => {
    'use strict';

    const MAPS_URL = 'https://www.google.com/maps/?q=';

    const getQuery = () => {
        const params = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
        const q = params.get('q');

        if (q) return q;

        return document.querySelector('input[name="q"]')?.value || '';
    };

    const getNavigation = () => {
        return (
            document.querySelector('div[role="list"]') ||
            document.querySelector('div[role="navigation"] div[role="list"]')
        );
    };

    const createMapsTab = (nav, query) => {
        if (nav.querySelector('[data-gmaps-tab="true"]')) return;

        const templateItem = nav.querySelector('[role="listitem"], [role="link"]');
        if (!templateItem) return;

        const node = templateItem.cloneNode(true);

        const anchor = node.querySelector('a') || node;
        const labelSpan = node.querySelector('span') || node;

        labelSpan.textContent = 'Maps';

        anchor.href = MAPS_URL + encodeURIComponent(query);
        anchor.setAttribute('data-gmaps-tab', 'true');
        anchor.removeAttribute('aria-disabled');

        if (nav.firstChild) {
            nav.firstChild.after(node);
        } else {
            nav.appendChild(node);
        }
    };

    const addMapsTab = () => {
        const query = getQuery();
        if (!query) return;

        const nav = getNavigation();
        if (!nav) return;

        createMapsTab(nav, query);
    };

    const init = () => {
        if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
            document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', addMapsTab);
        } else {
            addMapsTab();
        }

        new MutationObserver(addMapsTab).observe(document.documentElement, {
            subtree: true,
            childList: true,
        });
    };

    init();
})();