[Feature] Plugin to set chat to "Live chat" automatically

[pointydev]

A plugin that could set livestream chats to "Live chat" mode instead of "Top chat" automatically would be really useful in smaller streams in order to prevent messages in low traffic chats from being missed.

Thanks, pointy

[raingart]

it turned out to be easy

add a new plugin after the line window.nova_plugins = [];

window.nova_plugins.push({
  id: 'livechat-toggle-mode',
  title: '"Live chat" mode instead of "Top chat"',
  run_on_pages: 'live_chat, -mobile',
  //restart_on_location_change: true,
  section: 'sidebar',
  _runtime: user_settings => {
        NOVA.waitSelector('#chat-messages #menu a:nth-child(2)[aria-selected="false"]'/*, { destroy_after_page_leaving: true }*/)
               .then(btn => btn.click);
  },
});

and replace the iframe launch limiter this code !location.pathname.startsWith('/embed') to (!location.pathname.startsWith('/embed') && !location.pathname.startsWith('/live_chat'))

[raingart]

crap I don't see any other way except to add a delay so that the default yt event listener connects

replace .then(btn => btn.click); to

    .then(async btn => {
          await NOVA.delay(500);
          btn.click();
        });

[pointydev]

It seems to be working just when running asynchronously, without using delay:

.then(async btn => {
      await btn.click();
    });

[raingart]

I think this is a bug and not a feature https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/click

I wonder what will happen in other browsers. I didn’t realize that click was asynchronous. Perhaps asynchronous calls have some lag which is enough to use event listener callback

For example, it was a surprise to me that this code works Promise.resolve(document.querySelector(selector); but it turned out that he would never return the element.

[raingart]

oh shit, it's broken

example video does not work - #chat-messages #menu a:last-child[aria-selected="false"] works correct - #chat-messages #menu a[aria-selected="false"]

ps about await btn.click(); yes this is a bug. await adds ~500ms latency. For example here the script does not work because the delay is already 1500ms needed