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Automatically expand truncated comments and replies without clicking "read more"

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.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        Read More
// @namespace   https://github.com/DaBlower
// @match       https://www.reddit.com/*
// @match       https://www.youtube.com/*
// @grant       none
// @version     1.2
// @author      DaBlower
// @license     GPL-3.0-only
// @description Automatically expand truncated comments and replies without clicking "read more"
// ==/UserScript==

// for reddit and youtube (for now)

    function expandAll() {
        // expand replies in reddit
        document.querySelectorAll('button').forEach(function(btn) {
            const text = btn.innerText.trim().toLowerCase(); // gets the text in each button
            if (
                btn.offsetParent !== null && // is the button visible?
                (text.includes('more reply') || text.includes('more replies')) // does it contain more reply or more replies? (the text inside the expand button)
            ) {
                btn.click(); // click the button
            }

        });

        // expand truncated comments in youtube
        document.querySelectorAll('tp-yt-paper-button#more').forEach(function(btn){
            const text = btn.innerText.trim().toLowerCase();
            if (
                btn.offsetParent !== null &&
                text.includes('read more')
            ){
                btn.click();
            }
        });
    }
    setTimeout(expandAll, 2000);

    const observer = new MutationObserver(expandAll);

    observer.observe(document.body, {
        childList: true, // observe changes to children as well as document.body
        subtree: true // include non-immediate children
    });