Hacker News collapsible comments

Reddit style collapsible comments for Hacker News

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name			Hacker News collapsible comments
// @namespace                   hackernewscollapsecomments
// @description		        Reddit style collapsible comments for Hacker News
// @version			1.0
// @author			kaixi
// @homepage		        http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/138037
// @include			https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=*
// @include			https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?*
// @include			https://news.ycombinator.com/x?fnid=*
// @match			https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=*
// @match			https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?*
// @match			https://news.ycombinator.com/x?fnid=*
// @grant           none
// ==/UserScript==

var init = function() {
	// CSS styles for the toggle button
	var style = document.createElement('style');
	style.innerHTML = '.toggle_button { cursor: pointer; font-size: 10px; margin-right: 5px; padding: 0 1px 1px; }'
						+ ' .hover { background: #828282; color: #f6f6ef; }';
	document.head.appendChild(style);

	// Find all the comments
	var comments = [];
		i = 0;
	$('td.default').each(function() {
		var comment = $($(this).parents('tr')[1]).addClass('collapsible').attr('id', i + '_comment');
		comments.push({
			container: comment,
			indentation: comment.find('img').first()[0].width
		});
		++i;
	});

	$('<span></span>', {
		text: '[–]',
		class: 'toggle_button'
	})
		.insertBefore('div > .comhead')
		.on('mouseenter', function() {
			$(this).addClass('hover');
		})
		.on('mouseleave', function() {
			$(this).removeClass('hover');
		})
		.on('click', function() {
			var $this = $(this),
				current_id = parseInt($this.closest('tr.collapsible').attr('id')),
				i = current_id + 1,
				children_count = 0;
			// Toggle child comments
			while(i < comments.length && comments[i].indentation > comments[current_id].indentation) {
				comments[i].container.toggle();
				// Skip comments that shouldn't be toggled
				if (/[+]/i.test(comments[i].container.find('span.toggle_button').text())) {
					var j = i + 1;
					while(j < comments.length && comments[j].indentation > comments[i].indentation) {
						j++;
					}
					i = j;
				} else {
					i++;
				}
			}
			// Toggle current comment 	
			var content = comments[current_id].container.find('span.comment').toggle().next().toggle().end();
			if (content.is(':visible')) {
				$this.text('[–]');
			} else {
				$this.text('[+]');                   
			}
		});
};

// Credit: http://erikvold.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/14/using-jquery-with-a-user-script
(function(fn) {
	var script = document.createElement('script');
	script.src = 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.3/jquery.min.js';
	script.addEventListener('load', function() {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		script.textContent = 'jQuery.noConflict();(function($){(' + fn.toString() + ')();})(jQuery);';
		document.body.appendChild(script);
	}, false);
	document.body.appendChild(script);
})(init);