Support for comment nesting with a tree structure

Cargo.lock

@@ -577,6 +577,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.32"
@@ -1322,6 +1328,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "phf 0.11.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1c173a5686ce8bfa551b3563d0c2170bf24ca44da99c7ca4bfdab5418c3fe57"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -1444,6 +1459,7 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "html2pango",
+ "itertools",
  "lemmy_api_common",
  "markdown",
  "mime_guess",

Cargo.toml

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 mime_guess = "2.0.4"
 chrono = "0.4.26"
 timeago = "0.4.1"
+itertools = "0.11.0"

src/api/post.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::settings;
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use lemmy_api_common::{
     comment::{GetComments, GetCommentsResponse},
     lemmy_db_schema::{
@@ -10,8 +12,6 @@ use lemmy_api_common::{
     },
 };
 
-use crate::settings;
-
 pub fn get_post(id: PostId) -> Result<GetPostResponse, reqwest::Error> {
     let params = GetPost {
         id: Some(id),
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub fn get_comments(post_id: PostId) -> Result<Vec<CommentView>, reqwest::Error>
         post_id: Some(post_id),
         sort: Some(CommentSortType::Hot),
         type_: Some(ListingType::All),
+        max_depth: Some(8),
         auth: settings::get_current_account().jwt,
         ..Default::default()
     };
@@ -36,7 +37,20 @@ pub fn get_comments(post_id: PostId) -> Result<Vec<CommentView>, reqwest::Error>
     // hide removed and deleted comments
     comments.retain(|c| !c.comment.deleted && !c.comment.removed);
 
-    Ok(comments)
+    // group comments by their parent and generate the tree structure known from the web interface
+    let mut grouped_comments: Vec<CommentView> = vec![];
+    for (_, comments_group) in &comments
+        .iter()
+        .group_by(|a| a.comment.path.split(".").collect::<Vec<&str>>()[1].to_owned())
+    {
+        let mut group = comments_group.collect::<Vec<&CommentView>>();
+        group.sort_by(|a, b| a.comment.path.partial_cmp(&b.comment.path).unwrap());
+        for c in group {
+            grouped_comments.push(c.clone());
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(grouped_comments)
 }
 
 pub fn default_post() -> GetPostResponse {

src/components/comment_row.rs

@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ impl FactoryComponent for CommentRow {
             set_orientation: gtk::Orientation::Vertical,
             set_spacing: 10,
             set_margin_end: 10,
-            set_margin_start: 10,
+            set_margin_start: ((self.comment.comment.path.matches('.').count() - 1) * 20 + 10) as i32,
             set_margin_top: 10,
 
+            gtk::Separator {},
+
             gtk::Box {
                 set_orientation: gtk::Orientation::Horizontal,
                 set_spacing: 10,
@@ -107,8 +109,6 @@ impl FactoryComponent for CommentRow {
                     set_visible: self.comment.creator.id.0 == settings::get_current_account().id,
                 }
             },
-
-            gtk::Separator {}
         }
     }
 

src/components/post_page.rs

@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ impl SimpleComponent for PostPage {
                     }
                 },
 
-                gtk::Separator {},
-
                 #[local_ref]
                 comments -> gtk::Box {
                     set_orientation: gtk::Orientation::Vertical,