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If we ever make it around to a second piece of javascript on here, can I request that it be a collapse comment function? I promise i won't ask for anything else

If we ever make it around to a second piece of javascript on here, can I request that it be a collapse comment function? I promise i won't ask for anything else.

dikaiosune 11y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapse/pdlifinplmfmoeppfooipommbdljhdmp?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap... I don't know about other browsers, but this works OK on Chrome.
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lurker2015 11y ago
Is there anything like Reddit Enhancement Suite for HN? Any recommendations out there?
- meesles 11y ago
  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
- thieving_magpie 11y ago
  Yes, aptly named "Hacker News Enhancement Suite". I use it and think it does fine, mainly just for collapsing comments. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...
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heyheyhey 11y ago
What's the rationale behind not making this feature available for everyone?
- carussell 11y ago
  Quality—don't want to make it too easy to ignore entire chunks of the conversation, and don't want to encourage adding chunks to the conversation that are worth ignoring. As I understand it.
jrcii 11y ago
This bookmarklet http://pastebin.com/raw/Rur0Lrza http://pastebin.com/raw/Rur0Lrza works if you have less than 500 karma. I haven't figured out how to make it work for over 500 karma.
Hansi 11y ago
I use this plugin, I don't think I'd visit as often if I didn't have it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...
- stevenspasbo 11y ago
  Thanks for the recommendation!
mring33621 11y ago
Thanks, se anal together!
TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
I use this bookmarklet: javascript:(function()%7Bfunction%20getScript(url,success)%7Bvar%20script=document.createElement('script');script.src=url;var%20head=document.getElementsByTagName('head')%5B0%5D,done=false;script.onload=script.onreadystatechange=function()%7Bif(!done&&(!this.readyState%7C%7Cthis.readyState=='loaded'%7C%7Cthis.readyState=='complete'))%7Bdone=true;success();script.onload=script.onreadystatechange=null;head.removeChild(script)%7D%7D;head.appendChild(script)%7DgetScript('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js',function()%7Bif(typeof%20jQuery!=='undefined')%7Bif(!$('body').hasClass('collapsible-comments'))%7B$('body').addClass('collapsible-comments');var%20span_html='%3Cspan%20style=%5C'cursor:pointer;margin-right:10px;%5C'%20class=%5C'expand-handle%5C'%3E%5B-%5D%3C/span%3E';if(window.location.href.indexOf('item?id=')!=-1)%7B$('center%20%3E%20table%20%3E%20tbody%20%3E%20tr:eq(2)%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20table:eq(1)%20span.comhead').prepend(span_html)%7Delse%20if(window.location.href.indexOf('threads?id=')!=-1)%7B$('center%20%3E%20table%20%3E%20tbody%20%3E%20tr%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20table%20span.comhead').prepend(span_html)%7D$('.expand-handle').live('click',function()%7Bcurrent_level_width=parseInt($(this).closest('tr').find('td:eq(0)%20%3E%20img').attr('width'),10);$(this).closest('table').closest('tr').nextAll().each(function(index,el)%7Bvar%20elWidth=parseInt($('tbody%20%3E%20tr%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20img',this).attr('width'),10);if(elWidth%3Ecurrent_level_width)%7Bif(elWidth%3C=inner_level_width)%7Binner_level_width=1000;$(this).hide()%7Dif(inner_level_width==1000&&$('.comment',this).css('display')=='none')%7Binner_level_width=elWidth%7D%7Delse%7Breturn%20false%7D%7D);inner_level_width=1000;$(this).text('%5B+%5D').addClass('expand-handle-collapsed').removeClass('expand-handle');$(this).closest('div').nextAll().hide();$(this).closest('div').parent().prev().hide();$(this).closest('div').css(%7B'margin-left':'18px','margin-bottom':'5px'%7D)%7D);$('.expand-handle-collapsed').live('click',function()%7Bcurrent_level_width=parseInt($(this).closest('tr').find('td%20%3E%20img').attr('width'),10);$(this).closest('table').closest('tr').nextAll().each(function(index,el)%7Bvar%20elWidth=parseInt($('tbody%20%3E%20tr%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20img',this).attr('width'),10);if(elWidth%3Ecurrent_level_width)%7Bif(elWidth%3C=inner_level_width)%7Binner_level_width=1000;$(this).show()%7Dif(inner_level_width==1000&&$('.comment',this).css('display')=='none')%7Binner_level_width=elWidth%7D%7Delse%7Breturn%20false%7D%7D);inner_level_width=1000;$(this).text('%5B-%5D').addClass('expand-handle').removeClass('expand-handle-collapsed');$(this).closest('div').nextAll().show();$(this).closest('div').parent().prev().show();$(this).closest('div').css(%7B'margin-left':'0','margin-bottom':'-10px'%7D)%7D)%7D%7D%7D);var%20current_level_width=0;var%20inner_level_width=1000%7D)(); I can't remember who wrote it, but it works.
pdkl95 11y ago
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-subtrees https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-... I wrote this a while ago, which seems to work. I reused the vote arrow with 1/4-turn rotation, placed on the other side of the comment header line to avoid confusion.
insin 11y ago
I use this userscript: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/18066-hn-comment-trees https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/18066-hn-comment-trees It also highlights new comments and collapses threads without new comments on repeat visits. HN now feels unusable without it in scenarios where I can't use a userscript :-/
fabulist 11y ago
Alternatively, I'd appreciate if comments had a link to their siblings and not just their parents. It wouldn't require any JavaScript, but would (for me) have the same utility.
mrweasel 11y ago
If you want the state of your collapsed comments to be remembered between session you're adding a lot of data to the backend of HN. I can see not implementing it, because threads are short lived and rarely get more comments that can be reasonably browser or searched. I don't see that collapsing comments would really add much value, especially if the state is to kept per user per comment in the backend. If you don't care about state, I feel reasonably sure that you could Greasemonkey your way out of not having that feature.

If we ever make it around to a second piece of javascript on here, can I request that it be a collapse comment function? I promise i won't ask for anything else.

dikaiosune 11y ago

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapse/pdlifinplmfmoeppfooipommbdljhdmp?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap... I don't know about other browsers, but this works OK on Chrome.

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lurker2015 11y ago

Is there anything like Reddit Enhancement Suite for HN? Any recommendations out there?

meesles 11y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
thieving_magpie 11y ago
Yes, aptly named "Hacker News Enhancement Suite". I use it and think it does fine, mainly just for collapsing comments. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...
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heyheyhey 11y ago

What's the rationale behind not making this feature available for everyone?

carussell 11y ago
Quality—don't want to make it too easy to ignore entire chunks of the conversation, and don't want to encourage adding chunks to the conversation that are worth ignoring. As I understand it.

jrcii 11y ago

This bookmarklet http://pastebin.com/raw/Rur0Lrza http://pastebin.com/raw/Rur0Lrza works if you have less than 500 karma. I haven't figured out how to make it work for over 500 karma.

Hansi 11y ago

I use this plugin, I don't think I'd visit as often if I didn't have it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...

stevenspasbo 11y ago
Thanks for the recommendation!

mring33621 11y ago

Thanks, se anal together!

TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago

I use this bookmarklet: javascript:(function()%7Bfunction%20getScript(url,success)%7Bvar%20script=document.createElement('script');script.src=url;var%20head=document.getElementsByTagName('head')%5B0%5D,done=false;script.onload=script.onreadystatechange=function()%7Bif(!done&&(!this.readyState%7C%7Cthis.readyState=='loaded'%7C%7Cthis.readyState=='complete'))%7Bdone=true;success();script.onload=script.onreadystatechange=null;head.removeChild(script)%7D%7D;head.appendChild(script)%7DgetScript('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js',function()%7Bif(typeof%20jQuery!=='undefined')%7Bif(!$('body').hasClass('collapsible-comments'))%7B$('body').addClass('collapsible-comments');var%20span_html='%3Cspan%20style=%5C'cursor:pointer;margin-right:10px;%5C'%20class=%5C'expand-handle%5C'%3E%5B-%5D%3C/span%3E';if(window.location.href.indexOf('item?id=')!=-1)%7B$('center%20%3E%20table%20%3E%20tbody%20%3E%20tr:eq(2)%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20table:eq(1)%20span.comhead').prepend(span_html)%7Delse%20if(window.location.href.indexOf('threads?id=')!=-1)%7B$('center%20%3E%20table%20%3E%20tbody%20%3E%20tr%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20table%20span.comhead').prepend(span_html)%7D$('.expand-handle').live('click',function()%7Bcurrent_level_width=parseInt($(this).closest('tr').find('td:eq(0)%20%3E%20img').attr('width'),10);$(this).closest('table').closest('tr').nextAll().each(function(index,el)%7Bvar%20elWidth=parseInt($('tbody%20%3E%20tr%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20img',this).attr('width'),10);if(elWidth%3Ecurrent_level_width)%7Bif(elWidth%3C=inner_level_width)%7Binner_level_width=1000;$(this).hide()%7Dif(inner_level_width==1000&&$('.comment',this).css('display')=='none')%7Binner_level_width=elWidth%7D%7Delse%7Breturn%20false%7D%7D);inner_level_width=1000;$(this).text('%5B+%5D').addClass('expand-handle-collapsed').removeClass('expand-handle');$(this).closest('div').nextAll().hide();$(this).closest('div').parent().prev().hide();$(this).closest('div').css(%7B'margin-left':'18px','margin-bottom':'5px'%7D)%7D);$('.expand-handle-collapsed').live('click',function()%7Bcurrent_level_width=parseInt($(this).closest('tr').find('td%20%3E%20img').attr('width'),10);$(this).closest('table').closest('tr').nextAll().each(function(index,el)%7Bvar%20elWidth=parseInt($('tbody%20%3E%20tr%20%3E%20td%20%3E%20img',this).attr('width'),10);if(elWidth%3Ecurrent_level_width)%7Bif(elWidth%3C=inner_level_width)%7Binner_level_width=1000;$(this).show()%7Dif(inner_level_width==1000&&$('.comment',this).css('display')=='none')%7Binner_level_width=elWidth%7D%7Delse%7Breturn%20false%7D%7D);inner_level_width=1000;$(this).text('%5B-%5D').addClass('expand-handle').removeClass('expand-handle-collapsed');$(this).closest('div').nextAll().show();$(this).closest('div').parent().prev().show();$(this).closest('div').css(%7B'margin-left':'0','margin-bottom':'-10px'%7D)%7D)%7D%7D%7D);var%20current_level_width=0;var%20inner_level_width=1000%7D)(); I can't remember who wrote it, but it works.

pdkl95 11y ago

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-subtrees https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/12493-hacker-news-folding-... I wrote this a while ago, which seems to work. I reused the vote arrow with 1/4-turn rotation, placed on the other side of the comment header line to avoid confusion.

insin 11y ago

I use this userscript: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/18066-hn-comment-trees https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/18066-hn-comment-trees It also highlights new comments and collapses threads without new comments on repeat visits. HN now feels unusable without it in scenarios where I can't use a userscript :-/

fabulist 11y ago

Alternatively, I'd appreciate if comments had a link to their siblings and not just their parents. It wouldn't require any JavaScript, but would (for me) have the same utility.

mrweasel 11y ago

If you want the state of your collapsed comments to be remembered between session you're adding a lot of data to the backend of HN. I can see not implementing it, because threads are short lived and rarely get more comments that can be reasonably browser or searched. I don't see that collapsing comments would really add much value, especially if the state is to kept per user per comment in the backend. If you don't care about state, I feel reasonably sure that you could Greasemonkey your way out of not having that feature.