how to properly set files changed as expanded by default

[sreich]

for instances where i'm more interested in the summary of files changed, i would like to have this expanded by default.

i thought i'd be able to do it by setting the url, given that gets changed, but it gets changed to something like 'diff.html#d2h-show-hfr' and 'diff.html#d2h-hide-pvi'

i'm confused as to what the '-hfr' and '-pvi' do, they are not static between generations, they seem random, so it isn't something i could add to my url that i give out

is it possible to easily get functionality like what i want?

[rtfpessoa]

The problem here is that we did not wanted to use javascript to do this, so css was used.
The main issue happens when it is done by id, if you have two diffs in the same page it will have problems since you cannot have two ids.

Maybe we should use class, still is not ideal.

[rtfpessoa]

@sreich In #58 I added the diff2html-ui and with it the ability to set if the files are expanded or not by default when running the JS on the page. Is that a solution for your problem?

[sreich]

hey, nice to see progress on this and the other issues i reported!

well, thing is, for it to be useful for me i'd need that to also be exposed via diff2html-cli, as that's all i (can) use. could you be a dear and add a switch for that? :-)

[rtfpessoa]

@sreich just released a fix for the cli and also some more customization for the summary.

If you install version 1.4.4 you should have:

diff2html --su open
diff2html --su closed
diff2html --su hidden

Is it ok?

[rtfpessoa]

I also added two hash tags to be able to override this with the url:

• #files-summary-show
• #files-summary-hide

this will also override any previous decision.
This is available in version 1.4.5.

@sreich can I close this or do you have any other suggestion?

[sreich]

yes this works perfectly and you covered all bases -- nice work! 👍