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| javascript:void( | |
| (function() { | |
| this.distanceFromTop = (a, b) => { | |
| return Math.sign(a.getBoundingClientRect().top - b.getBoundingClientRect().top); | |
| }; | |
| this.setUnreadElements = () => { | |
| document.unreadElements = [...document.querySelectorAll('[class*=unread]')].sort(this.distanceFromTop); | |
| }; | |
| this.parentComment = (el) => { | |
| return el.closest('.comment'); | |
| }; | |
| this.focusElement = (el) => { | |
| document.oldBackgroundColor = el.style.backgroundColor; | |
| el.style.backgroundColor = "#FDFF47"; | |
| el.scrollIntoView({ block: 'center', behavior: 'smooth' }); | |
| }; | |
| this.unFocusElement = (el) => { | |
| el.style.backgroundColor = document.oldBackgroundColor; | |
| }; | |
| if (document.unreadElements === undefined) { | |
| this.setUnreadElements(); | |
| } else if (document.unreadElements.length == 0) { | |
| return; | |
| }; | |
| this.unFocusElement(this.parentComment(document.unreadElements[document.unreadElements.length - 1])); | |
| this.focusElement(this.parentComment(document.unreadElements[0])); | |
| document.unreadElements.push(document.unreadElements.shift()); | |
| // Just reverse everything to go backwards: | |
| // document.unreadElements.unshift(document.unreadElements.pop()); | |
| // this.unFocusElement(this.parentComment(document.unreadElements[0])); | |
| // this.focusElement(this.parentComment(document.unreadElements[document.unreadElements.length - 1])); | |
| })() | |
| ) |
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