This is a convenience user script. It prevents page reloading when following links to answers that happen to be present on the same page, and to their comments; instead, it simply scrolls to the link target on the current page.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Stack Exchange: Faster Answer Links
// @grant none
// @run-at document-start
// @match https://*.stackexchange.com/*
// @match https://*.superuser.com/*
// @match https://*.stackoverflow.com/*
// @match https://*.mathoverflow.net/*
// @match https://*.serverfault.com/*
// @match https://*.askubuntu.com/*
// @match https://stackapps.com/*
// @exclude https://chat.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude https://api.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude https://data.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude https://openid.stackexchange.com/*
// @exclude https://contests.stackoverflow.com/*
// @exclude /^https?:\/\/winterbash\d{4,}\.stackexchange\.com\//
// ==/UserScript==
document.addEventListener('click', ev => {
if (ev.defaultPrevented)
return;
const target = ev.target.closest(':any-link');
if (!target)
return;
const u = new URL(target.href);
if (u.origin !== location.origin)
return;
let m;
if (/^\/(q|a|questions)\//u.test(u.pathname)
&& (m = /^#comment\d+_(\d+)$/u.exec(u.hash))) {
if (!document.querySelector(`
#answer-${m[1]}, #question[data-questionid="${m[1]}"]`))
return;
ev.preventDefault();
location.href = u.hash;
return;
}
if (u.hash)
return;
if (m = /^(?:\/a\/|\/questions\/[^\/]+\/)(\d+)(?=\/|$)/u.exec(u.pathname)) {
if (!document.getElementById(`answer-${m[1]}`))
return;
ev.preventDefault();
location.href = '#answer-' + m[1];
return;
}
}, false);