Feature requet: button for jumping to the next top-level comment - eviltoast

Apologies if this has been posted before, or implemented without me finding how to do it.

Would be great if there’d be a button for jumping to the next top-level comment. Possibly at the lower-right corner, as some other apps. Long-press for previous would be great, too.

Yes, I know there’s support for collapsing comments. But you have to have it in view to do that. If you’re browsing a long thread and want to jump to the next top-level comment, it becomes a bit of a chore.

  • evgiz@lemm.eeM
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    1 year ago

    There’s also the “collapse thread” swipe gesture that does this. Might do a button too later!

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      1 year ago

      I like the option for a button because it can often be in a better position for my thumb to reach than swiping a comment, and if you add the functionality, a long press on it jumps to the previous comment.

      Edit: Avelon is freaking great tho! Keep up the amazing work and thank you for your time and effort!

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      1 year ago

      Oh I see. Would’ve expected collapse thread swipe option to collapse all child comments of the specific comment that is swiped, not entire thread from top-level.

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        1 year ago

        Hmm, the name might not be the best. Any suggestions? Needs to be somewhat short too

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          1 year ago

          Haven given it some more thought, I think the issue is, that what I was looking for was specifically “take me to the next top level comment”. Not “collapse current thread”. In actual effect, it doesn’t make much difference. Nevertheless, it is like taking a detour to get to the destination.

          Perhaps both (collapse thread; jump to next top-level comment) could be swipeable options?

          Maybe a floating button, visible when viewing posts with comments, could be seen when “jump to next” hasn’t been chosen as a swipe-option? That way, the option will be clearly in place out of the box, but won’t be an eyesore for those who have set up a swipe for the action?