Make position of other replies button a pref

src/components/conversation/conversation.js

@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ const conversation = {
     isLinearView () {
       return this.displayStyle === 'linear'
     },
+    otherRepliesButtonPosition () {
+      return this.$store.getters.mergedConfig.conversationOtherRepliesButton
+    },
+    showOtherRepliesButtonBelowStatus () {
+      return this.otherRepliesButtonPosition === 'below'
+    },
+    showOtherRepliesButtonInsideStatus () {
+      return this.otherRepliesButtonPosition === 'inside'
+    },
     hideStatus () {
       if (this.$refs.statusComponent && this.$refs.statusComponent[0]) {
         return this.virtualHidden && this.$refs.statusComponent[0].suspendable

src/components/conversation/conversation.vue

@@ -66,13 +66,14 @@
               :profile-user-id="profileUserId"
               class="conversation-status status-fadein panel-body"
 
-              :simple="treeViewIsSimple"
+              :simple-tree="treeViewIsSimple"
               :toggle-thread-display="toggleThreadDisplay"
               :thread-display-status="threadDisplayStatus"
               :show-thread-recursively="showThreadRecursively"
               :total-reply-count="totalReplyCount"
               :total-reply-depth="totalReplyDepth"
-              :dive="(!treeViewIsSimple) ? () => diveIntoStatus(status.id) : null"
+              :show-other-replies-as-button="showOtherRepliesButtonInsideStatus"
+              :dive="() => diveIntoStatus(status.id)"
 
               :controlled-showing-tall="statusContentProperties[status.id].showingTall"
               :controlled-expanding-subject="statusContentProperties[status.id].expandingSubject"
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@
               @toggleExpanded="toggleExpanded"
             />
             <div
-              v-if="getReplies(status.id).length > 1"
+              v-if="showOtherRepliesButtonBelowStatus && getReplies(status.id).length > 1"
               class="thread-ancestor-dive-box"
             >
               <div

src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.js

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ const GeneralTab = {
         value: mode,
         label: this.$t(`settings.conversation_display_${mode}`)
       })),
+      conversationOtherRepliesButtonOptions: ['below', 'inside'].map(mode => ({
+        key: mode,
+        value: mode,
+        label: this.$t(`settings.conversation_other_replies_button_${mode}`)
+      })),
       mentionLinkDisplayOptions: ['short', 'full_for_remote', 'full'].map(mode => ({
         key: mode,
         value: mode,

src/components/settings_modal/tabs/general_tab.vue

@@ -161,19 +161,33 @@
             {{ $t('settings.conversation_display') }}
           </ChoiceSetting>
         </li>
-        <li v-if="conversationDisplay !== 'linear'">
+        <ul
-          <label for="maxDepthInThread">
+          v-if="conversationDisplay !== 'linear'"
-            {{ $t('settings.max_depth_in_thread') }}
+          class="setting-list suboptions"
-          </label>
+        >
-          <input
+          <li>
-            id="maxDepthInThread"
+            <label for="maxDepthInThread">
-            path.number="maxDepthInThread"
+              {{ $t('settings.max_depth_in_thread') }}
-            class="number-input"
+            </label>
-            type="number"
+            <input
-            min="3"
+              id="maxDepthInThread"
-            step="1"
+              path.number="maxDepthInThread"
-          >
+              class="number-input"
-        </li>
+              type="number"
+              min="3"
+              step="1"
+            >
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <ChoiceSetting
+              id="conversationOtherRepliesButton"
+              path="conversationOtherRepliesButton"
+              :options="conversationOtherRepliesButtonOptions"
+            >
+              {{ $t('settings.conversation_other_replies_button') }}
+            </ChoiceSetting>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
         <li>
           <ChoiceSetting
             id="mentionLinkDisplay"

src/components/status/status.js

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ const Status = {
     'simpleTree',
     'controlledThreadDisplayStatus',
     'controlledToggleThreadDisplay',
+    'showOtherRepliesAsButton',
 
     'controlledShowingTall',
     'controlledToggleShowingTall',

src/components/status/status.vue

@@ -346,7 +346,20 @@
             v-if="inConversation && !isPreview && replies && replies.length"
             class="replies"
           >
-            <span class="faint">{{ $t('status.replies_list') }}</span>
+            <button
+              v-if="showOtherRepliesAsButton"
+              class="button-unstyled -link faint"
+              :title="$tc('status.ancestor_follow', replies.length - 1, { numReplies: replies.length - 1 })"
+              @click.prevent="dive"
+            >
+              {{ $t('status.replies_list') }}
+            </button>
+            <span
+              v-else
+              class="faint"
+            >
+              {{ $t('status.replies_list') }}
+            </span>
             <StatusPopover
               v-for="reply in replies"
               :key="reply.id"

src/modules/config.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export const multiChoiceProperties = [
   'postContentType',
   'subjectLineBehavior',
   'conversationDisplay', // tree | linear
+  'conversationOtherRepliesButton', // below | inside
   'mentionLinkDisplay' // short | full_for_remote | full
 ]
 
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export const defaultState = {
   virtualScrolling: undefined, // instance default
   sensitiveByDefault: undefined, // instance default
   conversationDisplay: undefined, // instance default
+  conversationOtherRepliesButton: undefined, // instance default
   maxDepthInThread: 6
 }
 

src/modules/instance.js

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   virtualScrolling: true,
   sensitiveByDefault: false,
   conversationDisplay: 'simple_tree',
+  conversationOtherRepliesButton: 'below',
   maxDepthInThread: 6,
 
   // Nasty stuff