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[BaumGuard]

It's great that NewPipe has the feature to view comments since the version 0.16.0! But I miss a function to view the answers of the comments.

[hp8wvvvgnj6asjm7]

Anyone working on this?

[lu4p]

Would appreciate this feature as I often open YouTube in Firefox just to read the comments.

[Gymcap]

Maybe have the comment answers collapsed by default to keep from taking up too much space. You could tap a down arrow to reveal the comment answers. This could result in showing 5-10 answers with a "show more" at the bottom of the comment thread.

[chekmanh]

I think this is a really nice feature, would really appreciate it

[alittlebitofit]

By "answers of comments", does it mean replies to comments as in a comment thread?

If yes, then yes I want this feature too.

Is there any update on this feature?

[opusforlife2]

Yup. That's what it means. Which means one less issue for you to open. :P

[alittlebitofit]

Haha yea :P

So any update?

[opusforlife2]

Nyope.

[alittlebitofit]

Ah well, atleast 33.33333% of my issues are solved.

[Invisible3ck]

I’d like this feature, too. Hopefully it gets added one day.

[ghost]

I’d like this feature, too. Hopefully it gets added one day.

If the creators of newpipe are waiting for someone to implement it, I believe we will not see this feature until 2050.

[NewNewPipe]

Hello.

With the help of mhmdanas I would like to add what I miss the most in NewPipe nowadays.

The functionality / ability to SAVE all the comments under the movie together with the answers (tree structure) to TXT, HTML, PDF file would be very useful.

Thanks.

[Kohoshi12]

Freetube implemented this feature.

[0rdinant]

I am also interested in this feature, including timestamps.

[Gottarocket]

+1 for this

[ShareASmile]

This feature is being worked upon in this New PR on the extractor side:
Edit: New PR Link:-
TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#703

@TiA4f8R this issue should be linked to the Comments-Reply PR to auto close.

[krlvm]

@AudricV @Stypox What's your opinion on using bottom sheet to display replies?

[Stypox]

Do you mean, something that slides in from the bottom, and that the user is able to close by swiping down from the top bar?

[krlvm]

Do you mean, something that slides in from the bottom, and that the user is able to close by swiping down from the top bar?

Yes. Some other UI elements can also be replaced with this as part of UI refresh.

[xz-dev]

@AudricV I really like that design and was also what I was thinking about. Once the extractor has a stable API for comment replies access, including replies, I can work on the UI or we could have a call.

Such a design like PeerTube would look ugly on newpipe at this stage, because the player position is not fixed on top, also, it need a lot of code and test.
So I'm going to implement it the way youtube shows it and RP it.
What do you think?

[xz-dev]

@ygz213 You're most welcome to open a PR.

Hi, If you think it's time to program right now, I will progam it next days and PR it.
I just not sure it's there anyone coding for it now.

[opusforlife2]

@xz-dev No one else is coding this. A PR is most welcome. But you're waiting on @AudricV's answer, aren't you?

[xz-dev]

@xz-dev No one else is coding this. A PR is most welcome. But you're waiting on @AudricV's answer, aren't you?

Because I see that he has something special mind, but I may not be available after a few days, so I'll start now.

[AudricV]

@xz-dev Hmm, I don't understand the problems you raised.

Such a design like PeerTube would look ugly on newpipe at this stage

What is really the difference of PeerTube's comment's UI with the one of YouTube? For me they are using the same UI principles, except the fact there is not only one replies level on PeerTube.

the player position is not fixed on top

I don't see a link with the player and comment replies. What does the player have to do with comments and/or their replies?

it need a lot of code and test

Yes, even if it seems to be a small feature for users, it requires a lot of changes in the codebase for it. Don't be discouraged by this!

[xz-dev]

@xz-dev Hmm, I don't understand the problems you raised.

Such a design like PeerTube would look ugly on newpipe at this stage

What is really the difference of PeerTube's comment's UI with the one of YouTube? For me they are using the same UI principles, except the fact there is not only one replies level on PeerTube.

the player position is not fixed on top

I don't see a link with the player and comment replies. What does the player have to do with comments and/or their replies?

it need a lot of code and test

Yes, even if it seems to be a small feature for users, it requires a lot of changes in the codebase for it. Don't be discouraged by this!

The main idea I'm trying to convey is that I often view comments while watching a video, and by default the video is slid off the screen, so I usually enable the video popup.
So, like AudricV showing, full screen display comment like that would completely cover the video, or the comment section would be covered by the hovered video popup window.
So, I'll follow #7244 and patch on it.

[AudricV]

The main idea I'm trying to convey is that I often view comments while watching a video, and by default the video is slid off the screen, so I usually enable the video popup.

You don't have to care with the feature of showing player while showing one of the content tabs (description + metadata, comments, related items). This is a separate feature request, and from a code perspective, comments and video are separated.

If the player is made sticky at some point, it should not change the comments UI except the height used for comments, that's it.

So, like AudricV showing, full screen display comment like that would completely cover the video, or the comment section would be covered by the hovered video popup window.

My UI concept talks about the comments UI but it doesn't talk about the VideoDetailFragment itself.

So, I'll follow #7244 and patch on it.

Free feel to do so but this model has some issues in the future, requiring at least that you fix them. However, in my opinion, the UI I presented seems to be more readable for users.

[xz-dev]

Free feel to do so but this model has some issues in the future, requiring at least that you fix them. However, in my opinion, the UI I presented seems to be more readable for users.

Fine, I'll try to let it like that, in order to not have waterfall issues.

[AudricV]

That's from where my idea comes from! Thank you :)

[xz-dev]

I'm done, I cann't wait seeing merged.

[litetex]

Just my 5 cents on this topic regarding comments.

The Infinity for Reddit app already has nested comments implemented:

Maybe some code from them could be reused (however be careful with the license) or inspiration taken from.

[JacksonChen666]

The Infinity for Reddit app already has nested comments implemented:

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Maybe some code from them could be reused (however be careful with the license) or inspiration taken from.

seems to be already planned (kind of)

[Gottarocket]

@litetex Libretube has comment replies. They use newpipe extractor so some code can be similar and be used

[AudricV]

They don't use the extractor directly, they use Piped's API, which is based on the extractor.

But some code can be reused indeed.