Userscript to always show LW comments in context vs at the top
post by Vlad Sitalo (harcisis) · 2023-11-21T17:53:30.418Z · LW · GW · 8 commentsContents
8 comments
The out of context top-level display of comments when I navigate to them always bothered me, but up until recently I haven't realized there is a way to go to the actual comment via a simple URL change.
From https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/<postid>/?commentId=<commentid>
To https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/<postid>#<commentid>
Here is a quick gpt4 generated userscript that does this.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Always show in-context comments
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 0.1
// @description Redirect from '?commentId=' format to '#'
// @author Vlad Sitalo
// @match https://www.lesswrong.com/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
var checkAndRedirect = function() {
var url = window.location.href;
if(url.includes("?commentId=")){
var newUrl = url.split("?commentId=").join("#");
window.location.href = newUrl;
}
};
// Run on page load
checkAndRedirect();
// Run on URL change
var pushState = history.pushState;
history.pushState = function() {
pushState.apply(history, arguments);
checkAndRedirect();
};
var replaceState = history.replaceState;
history.replaceState = function() {
replaceState.apply(history, arguments);
checkAndRedirect();
};
window.addEventListener('popstate', checkAndRedirect);
})();
8 comments
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comment by lc · 2023-11-22T00:58:10.124Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Whenever I browse to a comment link I'm just waiting until the page loads so that I can use the See Context button.
Replies from: harcisis↑ comment by Vlad Sitalo (harcisis) · 2023-11-22T01:31:58.149Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Oh, that actually suggests a slightly better version, that won't reload the page. Updated the post!
Replies from: harcisis↑ comment by Vlad Sitalo (harcisis) · 2023-11-22T01:35:04.347Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Uh nvm, that doesn't work reliably bc of the comment lazy loading 🤔
comment by jefftk (jkaufman) · 2023-11-22T01:46:07.123Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I wish I could use this on mobile...
I don't understand why the non-context display option exists.
(Except for a bug where "see in context" doesn't work when the parent is collapsed)
Replies from: harcisis↑ comment by Vlad Sitalo (harcisis) · 2023-11-22T02:59:20.151Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
If you use android: https://kiwibrowser.com/ supports extensions!
Replies from: jkaufman↑ comment by jefftk (jkaufman) · 2023-11-22T12:03:51.630Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
When you use a browser you're putting an enormous amount of trust in it's manufacturer to get security right, and I don't have that level of trust for most vendors.
Replies from: harcisis↑ comment by Vlad Sitalo (harcisis) · 2023-11-22T17:35:35.766Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
That's fair. I believe kiwi is a fork of chrome that is kept up to date with a set of patches applied on top fwiw.
Replies from: jkaufman↑ comment by jefftk (jkaufman) · 2023-11-22T21:34:36.384Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
How up to date? Chrome security patches are very often followed by reverse engineering and exploitation, so you need to be very prompt.
(Yes, this means I don't trust any browsers except Chrome, Firefox, Safari)