What percentage of this problem would that fix?
I have poured too many hours of my life into this little detail. It still doesn't work great though:
1. It is hard to click on on mobile devices
2. It sometimes renders behind the comment or is not clickable (not always, just sometimes). I am afraid this has something to do with the way browsers render the CSS sticky position, so I might not be able to fix this. I am not very experienced in CSS though, so if you've any advice on how to fix this I would truly appreciate it!
Because of the above two issues I might need to go back to just a fixed minus button. :(
If you click on the second minus sign on the left, it collapses the conversation up to that parent without having to scroll up to that level.
I am afraid that it is an issue with the way some browsers render the CSS sticky position. If you have any CSS knowledge, I would greatly appreciate your input!
For my information, which browser do you use?
But what you do is provide a line of minus signs (-) at the top left that grows and shrinks with the tree and at any time I can click one of these to collapse a parent post! This is great! Being a UX aficionado I am tickled that you have not only seen the same pain, but found an elegant solution for it. Well done!