Add visual scroll-to comment indicator

src/content-scripts/contentscript.js

@@ -4,39 +4,42 @@ console.log("Zendesk Link Collector - loaded content script");
 browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, sendResponse) {
   // Scroll to the comment.
   if (request.type == "scroll") {
-    const element = document.querySelector(
-      `[data-comment-id="${request.commentID}"]`
-    )
-      ? // Older Zendesk versions.
-        document.querySelector(`[data-comment-id="${request.commentID}"]`)
-      : // Newer Zendesk versions.
-        document.querySelector(`[id="comment-${request.auditID}"]`);
-    if (element) {
-      element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth", block: "center" });
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Last resort, sometimes zendesk does not add the data-comment-id or id attributes to the comments.
-    // Get the comment from the audits endpoint, find the comment with the same HTML in the DOM and scroll to it.
-    const url = new URL(document.URL);
-    const urlArr = url.href.split("/");
-    const ticketID = urlArr[urlArr.length - 1];
+    // This is async because it contains a fetch which we must wait for before sending a response.
+    (async () => {
+      const element = document.querySelector(
+        `[data-comment-id="${request.commentID}"]`
+      )
+        ? // Older Zendesk versions.
+          document.querySelector(`[data-comment-id="${request.commentID}"]`)
+        : // Newer Zendesk versions.
+          document.querySelector(`[id="comment-${request.auditID}"]`);
+      if (element) {
+        element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth", block: "center" });
+        highlightComment(element);
+        return;
+      }
+      // Last resort, sometimes zendesk does not add the data-comment-id or id attributes to the comments.
+      // Get the comment from the audits endpoint, find the comment with the same HTML in the DOM and scroll to it.
+      const url = new URL(document.URL);
+      const urlArr = url.href.split("/");
+      const ticketID = urlArr[urlArr.length - 1];
 
-    fetch(
-      `${url.protocol}//${url.hostname}/api/v2/tickets/${ticketID}/audits/${request.auditID}`
-    ).then(async function (response) {
+      const response = await fetch(
+        `${url.protocol}//${url.hostname}/api/v2/tickets/${ticketID}/audits/${request.auditID}`
+      );
       const data = await response.json();
       document.querySelectorAll(".zd-comment").forEach((comment) => {
         data.audit.events.forEach((event) => {
           if (event.type == "Comment") {
             if (comment.outerHTML == event.html_body) {
               comment.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth", block: "center" });
+              highlightComment(comment);
               return;
             }
           }
         });
       });
-    });
+    })();
   }
 
   // Code from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55214828/how-to-make-a-cross-origin-request-in-a-content-script-currently-blocked-by-cor/55215898#55215898
@@ -130,3 +133,36 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, sendResponse) {
 
   return true;
 });
+
+function highlightComment(element) {
+  let highlightElement = element;
+  let counter = 0;
+  const maxCounter = 20;
+  // Traverse up the DOM tree until an 'article' element is found or counter reaches 10
+  while (
+    highlightElement &&
+    highlightElement.nodeName.toLowerCase() !== "article" &&
+    counter < maxCounter
+  ) {
+    highlightElement = highlightElement.parentElement;
+    counter++;
+  }
+
+  // If an 'article' element is found or the nth parent is reached, highlight whatever the element is.
+  if (highlightElement) {
+    const originalColor = highlightElement.style.backgroundColor;
+
+    highlightElement.style.transition = "background-color 0.5s ease";
+    highlightElement.style.backgroundColor = "#ffff99";
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      // Set the background color back to its original color to start the fade-out transition
+      highlightElement.style.backgroundColor = originalColor;
+    }, 2000);
+
+    // After the transition is complete, remove the style attribute
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      highlightElement.removeAttribute("style");
+    }, 2500); // Ensure the style attribute is removed after the transition is complete.
+    // This is very important to ensure the HTML of this element stays the same as what is returned by the audits endpoint.
+  }
+}