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StackExchange Hide Comments

Hide comments on all Stack Exchange sites (except StackOverflow).

As of 2019-01-03. See the latest version.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         StackExchange Hide Comments
  3. // @namespace    https://github.com/walenzack
  4. // @version      0.2
  5. // @description  Hide comments on all Stack Exchange sites (except StackOverflow).
  6. // @author       walen
  7. // @match        https://*.stackoverflow.com/*
  8. // @match        https://*.stackexchange.com/*
  9. // @match        https://superuser.com/*
  10. // @match        https://askubuntu.com/*
  11. // @match        https://serverfault.com/*
  12. // @match        https://stackapps.com/*
  13. // @match        https://mathoverflow.net/*
  14. // @grant        window.setInterval
  15. // @grant        window.clearInterval
  16. // @grant        window.location
  17. // ==/UserScript==
  18.  
  19. (function() {
  20.   'use strict';
  21.   var CLEAR_INBOX_INTERVAL_MILLIS = 5 * 1000;
  22.   var INBOX_BUTTON = 'a[class*="js-inbox-button"]';
  23.   var INBOX_ITEM = 'li[class^="inbox-item"]';
  24.   var COMMENT = 'div[id^="comments"]';
  25.   var SO = /stackoverflow\.com/;
  26.   var SE = /(\.stackexchange\.com|superuser\.com|askubuntu\.com|serverfault\.com|stackapps\.com|mathoverflow\.net)/;
  27.   var CHAT = /chat\.stackexchange\.com/;
  28.  
  29.   var inboxUnreadCounter = document.querySelectorAll(INBOX_BUTTON)[0].children[1];
  30.  
  31.   function hideComments() {
  32.     [].forEach.call(
  33.       document.querySelectorAll(COMMENT),
  34.       function (el) {
  35.         el.style.display="none";
  36.       }
  37.     );
  38.   }
  39.  
  40.   function hideInboxComments() {
  41.     // TODO Skip forEach if there are no new notifications since last call
  42.     [].forEach.call(
  43.       document.querySelectorAll(INBOX_ITEM),
  44.       function (el) {
  45.         var href = el.children[0].href;
  46.         if (SE.test(href)) {
  47.           if (!CHAT.test(href)) { // Do not hide chat notifications
  48.             var type = el.children[0].children[1].children[0].children[0].innerText; //hacky af
  49.             if ('comment' === type) {
  50.               el.style.display="none";
  51.               var count = Number(inboxUnreadCounter.innerText);
  52.               if (count > 1) {
  53.                 inboxUnreadCounter.innerText = --count;
  54.               } else if (count === 1) {
  55.                 inboxUnreadCounter.innerText = "";
  56.                 inboxUnreadCounter.style.display = 'none';
  57.               }
  58.             }
  59.           }
  60.         }
  61.       }
  62.     );
  63.   };
  64.  
  65.   // Main logic
  66.   if (!SO.test(window.location)) { // Do not hide SO comments
  67.     hideComments();
  68.   }
  69.   var timerClearInbox = window.setInterval(
  70.     hideInboxComments,
  71.     CLEAR_INBOX_INTERVAL_MILLIS
  72.   );
  73. })();