Browser script to make the new forums more useable

Hi John, your script continues to be a lifesaver and the only way to use the forums efficiently, if you ask me.

One thing: I noticed recently that certain threads basically cannot be viewed with the script active - the page keeps being reloaded constantly. I only encountered two such threads so far, all are long threads migrated from the old forums. Here’s one example:

https://community.adobe.com/questions%2D671/windows%2Dand%2Dmac%2Dgrey%2Dlines%2Dand%2Ddiscoloration%2Dappear%2Don%2Dimported%2Djpegs%2Din%2Dindesign%2D894932/index1.html?sort=oldestFirst#comments

I assume that the function that expands all replies enters an endless loop there somehow. But it’s only my guess. I wonder if you could look into this? Thanks!

I too get the 403 error.  what does the script do and where can I get it if I don’t have access to “the back room”?

Wow this is fantastic, makes this forum MUCH more usable.

​@johnrellis 

For the record, and in case you’d like to include it in your script, here’s the CSS rule that hides the reply box.

.editor__collapsed {
	display: none !important;
}
  /*hides Leave a reply box*/

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​@leo.r and ​@Stan Jones,

I wasn’t seeing that annoying floating reply box. Turns out that I’ve got ​@Per Berntsen’s CSS stylesheet installed, and the floating reply box doesn’t appear when it is enabled.

​@johnrellis,

Re the “sticky reply field.”

This is the common “invitation” to post a reply. After the original post, you see your own avatar in a box and “Leave a reply...”

I don’t recall it showing this behavior of showing almost all the time. Now, as before, if an original post is longer than one screen, it does not show. And as you scroll down to the bottom of the original post, you see this box with your avatar and “Leave a reply.” If there are replies present, and you scroll on, that box scrolls up as normal text. But once that box scrolls up and off the screen, it reappears at the bottom of the page and stays at the bottom of the page, covering replies as they scroll up.

I am using your script, and the box does this with the script enabled or disabled.

I love your script.

Stan

Hi John,

Recently, Gainsight struck again and added yet another feature that degrades the forum experience, the sticky reply field:

I wonder if something can be added to your script to eliminate this obstacle?

Thanks!

Version Lightroom Classic: 14.0.1 [ 202410161356-30922cfc ]
Optimisation SIMD de Camera Raw : SSE2
You have an older CPU that doesn’t support the AVX2 instructions, which LR 14.1 and later require:

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I released version 1.14, which shows the full date/times of posts, e.g.

The HTML code suggests that it’s supposed to be displayed as a tooltip when you hover over it, but it doesn’t work.

To update the script in your Tampermonkey, go here:

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/564953-automatically-expand-replies-in-adobe-forums/

Click the Install / Update / Reinstall This Script button.  (I see different labels at different times.)  Then Tampermonkey will ask you to Update, Overwrite, or Reinstall.

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I released version 1.13, which allows manual resizing of reply boxes to arbitrarily large vertical and horizontal sizes.

To update the script in your Tampermonkey, go here:

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/564953-automatically-expand-replies-in-adobe-forums/

Click the Install / Update / Reinstall This Script button.  (I see different labels at different times.)  Then Tampermonkey will ask you to Update, Overwrite, or Reinstall.