Reddit - Auto Load More Comments

Automatically load more comments at the bottom of a Reddit comment page

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        Reddit - Auto Load More Comments
// @description Automatically load more comments at the bottom of a Reddit comment page
// @namespace   valacar.reddit.auto-load-more-comments
// @include     /^https?://www\.reddit\.com/r/[^/]+/comments//
// @version     0.1.1
// @grant       none
// @compatible  firefox Firefox with GreaseMonkey
// @compatible  chrome Chrome with TamperMonkey
// @author      valacar
// ==/UserScript==

// Note: most of this code is adapted from StackOverflow...
// http://stackoverflow.com/a/7557433
// http://stackoverflow.com/a/19343058

function TriggerMouseEvent(node, eventType) {
	var clickEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
	clickEvent.initEvent (eventType, true, true);
	//console.log('clicking');
	node.dispatchEvent (clickEvent);
}

function MoreCommentsLinkHandler() {
	var el = document.querySelector('.nestedlisting > div:nth-last-of-type(2) .morecomments a');

	if (el) {
		var rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();

		if (rect.top >= 0 && rect.left >= 0 &&
			rect.bottom <= (window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight) &&
			rect.right <= (window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)
		   )
		{
			//console.log('visible');

			if (MoreCommentsLinkHandler.lastTime == undefined)
			{
				MoreCommentsLinkHandler.lastTime = new Date();
				MoreCommentsLinkHandler.firstTime = true;
			}
			else
			{
				var now = new Date();
				MoreCommentsLinkHandler.firstTime = false;
				var elapsedTime = now - MoreCommentsLinkHandler.lastTime;
				//console.log('elapsed: ' + elapsedTime);
				MoreCommentsLinkHandler.lastTime = now;
			}

			/* only click if one second has passed since the last time the link was visible */
			if (MoreCommentsLinkHandler.firstTime || elapsedTime > 1000) {
				TriggerMouseEvent(el, "click");
			}
		}
	}

}

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', MoreCommentsLinkHandler, false);
document.addEventListener('load', MoreCommentsLinkHandler, false);
document.addEventListener('scroll', MoreCommentsLinkHandler, false);
document.addEventListener('resize', MoreCommentsLinkHandler, false);