Profile Addon - Deleting Avatar Comments Help

DaPerson · July 2017

Hey,

I'm developing an addon which allows users to delete avatar comments on their wall only.

The controller I found which renders the comments is ProfileController_BeforeActivity_Handler. Though I don't think there's a way to render the delete button without overriding some methods. I'm wondering if there's a better way to do this.

R_J · July 2017

The ActivityComments list is rendered here:

   <?php
    $Comments = val('Comments', $Activity, array());
    if (count($Comments) > 0) {
        echo '<ul class="DataList ActivityComments">';
        foreach ($Comments as $Comment) {
            WriteActivityComment($Comment, $Activity);
        }
    } else {
        echo '<ul class="DataList ActivityComments Hidden">';
    }

Each single comment is written with the writeActivityComment function:

if (!function_exists('WriteActivityComment')):
    function writeActivityComment($Comment, $Activity) {
        $Session = Gdn::session();
        $Author = UserBuilder($Comment, 'Insert');
        $PhotoAnchor = userPhoto($Author, 'Photo');
        $CssClass = 'Item ActivityComment ActivityComment';
        if ($PhotoAnchor != '')
            $CssClass .= ' HasPhoto';
        ?>
        <li id="ActivityComment_<?php echo $Comment['ActivityCommentID']; ?>" class="<?php echo $CssClass; ?>">
            <?php if ($PhotoAnchor != '') { ?>
...

A delete button should look like that: <div class="Options"><a href="/dashboard/activity/delete/XYZ/transientKey?Target=profile%2Fusername" class="Delete">×</a></div>

You would have to add it right after the li.ActivityComment element. Sadly, there is no event fired which could help you.

I see only one obvious option, but there might be a second way to do so:

Copy the writeActivityComment function below your plugin and change it so that it will display the option if needed/allowed.
Use JavaScript. An activity has the activity type in the css class. So you could write a selector like that: .Activity-PictureChange > .ActivityComments > .ActivityComment. The transientKey is available in your JavaScript with this var transientKey = gdn.definition('TransientKey');

Although normally I'd prefer PHP solutions, the JavaScript way would be less invasive here and I would use it in this case.

DaPerson · July 2017

Thank you so much! I'll probably go with the JS solution.