The following script for Tampermonkey (multi browser) or Greasemonkey (Firefox) automatically expands all comments which are normally hidden behind the "show ... more comments" link:
The code is based on the fantastic, but unfortunately deleted, answer from Brock Adams (screenshot for users below 10k) - Thank you!
// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange, Expand All Comments
// @author Taken from https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/119439/192282
// @description Automatically shows all comments for questions and answers
// @match *://*.askubuntu.com/*
// @match *://*.mathoverflow.net/*
// @match *://*.serverfault.com/*
// @match *://*.stackapps.com/*
// @match *://*.stackexchange.com/*
// @match *://*.stackoverflow.com/*
// @match *://*.superuser.com/*
// @exclude *://api.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude *://blog.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude *://blog.stackoverflow.com/*
// @exclude *://chat.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude *://chat.stackoverflow.com/*
// @exclude *://data.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude *://elections.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude *://openid.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude *://stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude *://*/review
// @grant none
// @version 1.1
// @history 1.1 Avoid clicking on disabled "add a comment" links.
// @history 1.0 Initial release.
// ==/UserScript==
try {
//--- This is a utility function that SE currently provides on its pages.
StackExchange.ready (function () {
$('.js-show-link').not (".dno").trigger ('click');
} );
}
catch (e) {
console.error (
"***Userscript error: StackExchange.ready() is no longer defined!"
, e);
}
Known issues:
- May not expand comments if cookies are disabled (side effect of SE's anonymous user handling).