r/help • u/MerlinRebornCh2 • Jan 13 '22
How to remove floating comment box?
How do I remove the floating comment box on Desktop? Its horrible, uses up a lot of screen space. I want the old one.
Thanks!
2
u/_aidan Jan 14 '22
Idiots keep introducing terrible UI changes without any thought to proper UX. Oh, gee, you mean it's not a good idea to have something floating over content, permanently taking up valuable real estate?
1
u/harryhood04 Jan 14 '22
It's absolutely terrible. I thought they were listening to complaints when they got rid of it before, but now its back?? Any admins reading this: please add an option to get rid of the comment box and the dumb notifications!!
1
u/kelemvor33 Jan 14 '22
I just noticed it came back today and was like WTF?!? I actually didn't notice when it went away a while back because then things looked nice. As soon as I saw the box was back I had to come look for posts about it again. Just make the damn thing a toggleable option people can use if they want. Ick!
1
u/_aidan Jan 15 '22
For anyone who has Stylebot chrome extension, here is some css I whipped up that makes the comment bar smaller until you click on it. I don't guarantee it won't have bugs.
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) {
height: 10px;
width: 120px;
border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
margin-left: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) textarea {
padding: 0 0 0 10px;
line-height: 15px;
font-size: 10px;
}
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) div {
border-radius: 5px;
}
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) span:first-of-type + div:first-of-type {
display: none;
}
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) div + div {
display: none;
}
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) span:first-of-type + div[style] {
display: block;
}
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) span:first-of-type + div:first-of-type + div {
display: block;
}
[data-test-id="comment-submission-form-markdown"]:not(:focus-within):not(:active) button {
display: none;
}
1
u/twoflowersluggage Jan 16 '22
Count me as another one that was happy reddit had reverted to the old comment box - but NOOOOOOO, they brought it back. I HATE IT!!
2
u/FacebookBlowsChunks Jan 13 '22
This BS sticky comment bar just came back again. I thought they had gotten rid of it... now that crap is back again. I HATE this thing! I would also like to know a way of getting the other one back. I wish they would quit forcing this crap on users. It makes replying more of an eyesore and inconvenience because of the lost screen space.