Reddit Comment Arrow (Chrome Extensions)

This is an extension for Google Chrome to add the loved skip-to-next-top-level-comment-button from the mobile reddit apps to the desktop (web) version of reddit.

The button will be positioned on the middle left side of the screen by default.

Instructions

• Open a reddit post page
• Wait until top comments have loaded
• Click on the button to jump to the next comment
• Hold and drag (default 500 milliseconds) to reposition the button
• You can alter several options in the action menu of the extension. Just click on the icon in the extension popover.

Chrome Web Store Url: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-comment-arrow/njalndcfgcolndhkmdkjihclbcnmomjl?hl=en-GB&authuser=0

Development

• First, Install all dependencies

  npm install

Locally

• Build the extension

  npm run build

• Go into Chrome Extensions page, enable developer mode (in the top right corner) and load the extension via Load unpacked

Packaging

• In order for a successful packaging, the extension must be loadable after packing into a .crx file. This can be tested in Chrome with Pack extension from the Extensions page, which requires a zip file of the extension. You can create this zip file with

  npm run package -- some-name.zip

  After packing, the crx file will be located in the parent folder of the zip. Drag and drop this file into the Extensions page.