Hide comments on all Stack Exchange sites (except StackOverflow).
// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange Hide Comments
// @namespace https://github.com/walenzack
// @version 0.3
// @description Hide comments on all Stack Exchange sites (except StackOverflow).
// @author walen
// @match https://*.stackoverflow.com/*
// @match https://*.stackexchange.com/*
// @match https://superuser.com/*
// @match https://askubuntu.com/*
// @match https://serverfault.com/*
// @match https://stackapps.com/*
// @match https://mathoverflow.net/*
// @grant window.setInterval
// @grant window.clearInterval
// @grant window.location
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
var CLEAR_INBOX_INTERVAL_MILLIS = 5 * 1000;
var INBOX_BUTTON = 'a[class*="js-inbox-button"]';
var INBOX_ITEM = 'li[class^="inbox-item"]';
var COMMENT = 'div[id^="comments"]';
var SO = /stackoverflow\.com/;
var SE = /(\.stackexchange\.com|superuser\.com|askubuntu\.com|serverfault\.com|stackapps\.com|mathoverflow\.net)/;
var CHAT = /chat\.stackexchange\.com/;
var inboxButton = document.querySelectorAll(INBOX_BUTTON)[0];
var inboxUnreadCounter = inboxButton.children[1];
function hideComments() {
[].forEach.call(
document.querySelectorAll(COMMENT),
function (el) {
el.style.display="none";
}
);
}
function forceLoadInbox() {
// Show and immediately hide inbox to force loading
inboxButton.click(); // show
inboxButton.click(); // hide
}
function hideInboxComments() {
forceLoadInbox();
// TODO Skip forEach if there are no new notifications since last call
[].forEach.call(
document.querySelectorAll(INBOX_ITEM),
function (el) {
var href = el.children[0].href;
if (SE.test(href)) {
if (!CHAT.test(href)) { // Do not hide chat notifications
var type = el.children[0].children[1].children[0].children[0].innerText; //hacky af
if ('comment' === type) {
el.style.display="none";
var count = Number(inboxUnreadCounter.innerText);
if (count > 1) {
inboxUnreadCounter.innerText = --count;
} else if (count === 1) {
inboxUnreadCounter.innerText = "";
inboxUnreadCounter.style.display = 'none';
}
}
}
}
}
);
};
/* Main logic */
// Hide all comments, except on StackOverflow
if (!SO.test(window.location)) {
hideComments();
}
// Periodically check for and hide new comment notifications, everywhere
hideInboxComments();
window.setInterval(hideInboxComments, CLEAR_INBOX_INTERVAL_MILLIS);
})();