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This is now a feature of hacker news itself, as of a year or two ago (?). No extension required. I think the parent comment wants a feature to collapse all comm

This is now a feature of hacker news itself, as of a year or two ago (?). No extension required. I think the parent comment wants a feature to collapse all comment threads at the same time, so only the top level comments are visible.

appleflaxen 5y ago
Can you elaborate? The feature seems nice, but I access HN on multiple browsers for which a plugin isn't workable. Looking at settings and links on the page I don't see any functionality like you describe.
- jraph 5y ago
  Click on [–] at the end of a comment header with JavaScript enabled.
leephillips 5y ago
Ah, that’s right. (It’s the [-] link in the comment header.) RFN does have a link at the top of the story page called "toggle all commments," but I guess it’s broken, as it only seems to toggle the first comment. The extension does have a convenient feature, a [collapse root] link on each comment in a thread, so you can collapse the thread from within it, without having to find its origin.
- plibither8 5y ago
  Hi! Creater of Refined Hacker New here :). You mentioned that the "toggle all comments" button is broken, could you elaborate a bit more on that, and if possible open a GitHub issue for it? Thanks a lot :D. Apart from that, with RHN you can navigate through the comments using the "J" and "K" keyboard keys and Press "Enter" on the highlighted comment to toggle it. Hope that helps too, cheers :)
  - leephillips 5y ago
    Thanks for the great extension, it makes reading HN more...refined. Well, I tried the [toggle all comments] button on a couple of stories before posting my comment, and it was only toggling the first comment. But I did more testing for this reply, and now it’s working as advertised. I can’t explain that, but if I every figure out the conditions that prevent it from working, I’ll open an issue.
    - plibither8 5y ago
      Alright, glad it's working now! And thanks for the kind words, appreciate it.

appleflaxen 5y ago

Can you elaborate? The feature seems nice, but I access HN on multiple browsers for which a plugin isn't workable. Looking at settings and links on the page I don't see any functionality like you describe.

jraph 5y ago
Click on [–] at the end of a comment header with JavaScript enabled.

leephillips 5y ago

Ah, that’s right. (It’s the [-] link in the comment header.) RFN does have a link at the top of the story page called "toggle all commments," but I guess it’s broken, as it only seems to toggle the first comment. The extension does have a convenient feature, a [collapse root] link on each comment in a thread, so you can collapse the thread from within it, without having to find its origin.

plibither8 5y ago
Hi! Creater of Refined Hacker New here :). You mentioned that the "toggle all comments" button is broken, could you elaborate a bit more on that, and if possible open a GitHub issue for it? Thanks a lot :D. Apart from that, with RHN you can navigate through the comments using the "J" and "K" keyboard keys and Press "Enter" on the highlighted comment to toggle it. Hope that helps too, cheers :)
- leephillips 5y ago
  Thanks for the great extension, it makes reading HN more...refined. Well, I tried the [toggle all comments] button on a couple of stories before posting my comment, and it was only toggling the first comment. But I did more testing for this reply, and now it’s working as advertised. I can’t explain that, but if I every figure out the conditions that prevent it from working, I’ll open an issue.
  - plibither8 5y ago
    Alright, glad it's working now! And thanks for the kind words, appreciate it.