When posting a new comment to a collapsed thread, automatically expand that comment and its parent

[aedifica]

Title:
When posting a new comment to a collapsed thread, automatically expand that comment and its parent

Area:
commenting, entries

Summary:
On collapsed comment threads, when you post a new comment you should see it expanded, not collapsed, and also the comment it's a reply to.

Description:
The current behavior for comment-heavy posts is that if you make a comment on a collapsed thread, when you hit "Post Comment" the next thing you see is that collapsed thread, with your comment also collapsed.

I propose that instead, when you hit "Post Comment" you then see everything collapsed (everything that would normally be collapsed, at least) except your new comment and the comment you were replying to. That way you can make sure you commented where you meant to and have a chance to notice all the typos that you never see until after you post.

(This is superficially similar to another suggestion, http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/1360804.html , but not identical to it or any other suggestion I've seen.)

Poll #13644 When posting a new comment to a collapsed thread, automatically expand that comment and its parent

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 46

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Should be implemented as-is.
34 (73.9%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
5 (10.9%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
6 (13.0%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (2.2%)

Comments

[montuos]

In a perfect world, the collapsed/uncollapsed state would remain exactly how it already was before you hit "Post Comment". But in the absence of that ability, I'm willing to settle for this.

[the_shoshanna]

+1, which is my "with changes."

[aedifica]

That's what that "similar but not identical" suggestion is that I linked to.

[dancing_serpent]

And I definitely remember voting for that one. *g*

[cesy]

+1