AJAX expand/collapse of comments

[zeborah]

Title:
AJAX expand/collapse of comments

Area:
comments

Summary:
Extend the new expand/collapse functionality for cut-tags to comments too.

Description:
The awesome expandable cut-tags have already become so natural to me that this afternoon I suddenly thought, "Hey, the comments should do that too!"

--In fact, both

a) existing comments, and
b) the "post a new comment" box

could be expandable.

Hm, I guess it might be more awkward if it's a really popular post with eleventy-hundred comments?

But other than that, it'd just be great to be able to reply to someone and/or read comments without having to open a new tab or lose your place in your reading page - either of which break the flow.

Poll #3457 AJAX expand/collapse of comments

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40

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Should be implemented as-is.
16 (40.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
7 (17.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
7 (17.5%)

(I have no opinion)
9 (22.5%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (2.5%)

Comments

[susanreads]

b) could be useful, as long as it doesn't take you off the reading page when you post the comment. I wouldn't use a), but I wouldn't mind as long as it doesn't load the comments until you choose to expand them.

(When I saw the heading on this suggestion, I thought it was to expand/recollapse all comments on a post. That would be a useful paid feature.)