Comment box/text area is using too much space (hidden by default or two lines only) #7729

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opened 2022-11-09 17:16:41 +01:00 by slrslr · 2 comments

slrslr commented

2022-11-09 17:16:41 +01:00

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Describe the solution you'd like
In most cases i only read comment and in less cases i comment myself. I would bet most people do it like that. So why to show so huge comment input box before showing comments?

So i think that the comment box should be
A) hidden and clicking some button will immediately without any delay and annoying animation show it.
B) decrease height of the text area to be like 2 lines of text, since most comments does not span more than 2 lines
C) input area of new comment will be one line before or after the button for sending "Comment" and when person input more lines, the text area will automatically adjust its size or create scrollbars.

Currently i in LBRY desktop AppImage I have to scroll a lot to get from a video to its comments, also thanks to too large text area input box for a new comment. It is unnecessarily annoying experience. On the screenshot below, you can see that i have scrolled almost one screen fold and not yet seen comments. **Describe the solution you'd like** In most cases i only read comment and in less cases i comment myself. I would bet most people do it like that. So why to show so huge comment input box before showing comments? So i think that the comment box should be A) hidden and clicking some button will immediately without any delay and annoying animation show it. B) decrease height of the text area to be like 2 lines of text, since most comments does not span more than 2 lines C) input area of new comment will be one line before or after the button for sending "Comment" and when person input more lines, the text area will automatically adjust its size or create scrollbars. [![screenshot](https://i.postimg.cc/tCDWgk1x/lbry-too-much-scrolling-to-comments.webp)](https://i.postimg.cc/tCDWgk1x/lbry-too-much-scrolling-to-comments.webp)

jessopb commented

2022-11-09 19:44:37 +01:00

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Will you try 53.7-alpha.1 and tell me what you think?

slrslr commented

2022-11-09 21:10:30 +01:00

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At first look it seemed to be the same as on the screenshot above. Yet, good surprise is that there is possibility to shrink the comment box, but

it is not shrink/space saving by default (and i hope it can be like that to save scrolling time as described earlier)
it is missing buttons of the advanced editor. Buttons should remain only minimize to 1 or more text area lines (show scrollbar) or dynamically increase size as more lines are typed.
There is some margin between tip. points and number of comments seen on image.

Comment box may be hidden by default so user does not need to scroll over it to read comments and displayed upon clicking Comment button, which may then change into Send button. Comment button may be also displayed at the bottom of all comments or serve as a link to jump to the top of the comments with open comment box.

At first look it seemed to be the same as on the screenshot above. Yet, good surprise is that there is possibility to shrink the comment box, but 1) it is not shrink/space saving by default (and i hope it can be like that to save scrolling time as described earlier) 2) it is missing buttons of the advanced editor. Buttons should remain only minimize to 1 or more text area lines (show scrollbar) or dynamically increase size as more lines are typed. 3) There is some margin between tip. points and number of comments seen on image. ![lbry-comment-margin](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6596726/200933420-5001d2c7-fc05-4b50-9c68-e758363826c0.gif) Comment box may be hidden by default so user does not need to scroll over it to read comments and displayed upon clicking Comment button, which may then change into Send button. Comment button may be also displayed at the bottom of all comments or serve as a link to jump to the top of the comments with open comment box.