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GH#80: fix: preserve threaded reply state across refresh #81

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion dist/wpac-frontend-js.asset.php
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<?php return array('dependencies' => array('jquery'), 'version' => '3ecadbc2367e34f70738');
<?php return array('dependencies' => array('jquery'), 'version' => 'ccbce6526e88ce5fe613');
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion dist/wpac-frontend-wp-ajaxify-comments.asset.php
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<?php return array('dependencies' => array(), 'version' => '90169050f89a2b659582');
<?php return array('dependencies' => array(), 'version' => 'b88b8847195baa78e5ed');
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion dist/wpac-frontend-wp-ajaxify-comments.js
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131 changes: 128 additions & 3 deletions src/js/frontend/wp-ajaxify-comments.js
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Expand Up @@ -383,12 +383,112 @@ WPAC._GetSavedFormFields = function( formData, postId ) {
if ( formData.byPostId ) {
return postId ? formData.byPostId[ postId ] : null;
}
if ( Array.isArray( formData.fields ) ) {
return formData.fields;
}
if ( Array.isArray( formData ) ) {
return formData;
}
return null;
};

/**
* Get reply metadata saved before a comments refresh.
*
* @param {Array|Object} formData Flat serializeArray data or per-post-id map.
* @param {number} postId Post ID when using a per-post-id map.
* @return {Object|null} Saved reply metadata, or null.
*/
WPAC._GetSavedReplyState = function( formData, postId ) {
if ( ! formData ) {
return null;
}
if ( formData.replyStateByPostId ) {
return postId ? formData.replyStateByPostId[ postId ] : null;
}
return formData.replyState || null;
};

/**
* Capture the active WordPress threaded-reply target for a comment form.
*
* @param {jQuery} $form Comment form.
* @param {string} selectorRespondContainer Respond container selector.
* @return {Object|null} Reply metadata, or null when composing a top-level comment.
*/
WPAC._CaptureReplyState = function( $form, selectorRespondContainer ) {
if ( ! $form || ! $form.length ) {
return null;
}

const parentId = parseInt( $form.find( 'input[name="comment_parent"]' ).val(), 10 );
const $respond = $form.closest( selectorRespondContainer );
if ( ! parentId || ! $respond.length ) {
return null;
}

const $target = jQuery( '#comment-' + parentId );
return {
parentId,
respondId: $respond.attr( 'id' ) || '',
targetId: $target.attr( 'id' ) || 'comment-' + parentId,
};
};

/**
* Restore a threaded reply using WordPress's native reply handling where available.
*
* @param {jQuery} $form Replaced comment form.
* @param {Object} replyState Saved reply metadata.
* @param {string} selectorRespondContainer Respond container selector.
*/
WPAC._RestoreReplyState = function( $form, replyState, selectorRespondContainer ) {
if ( ! $form || ! $form.length || ! replyState || ! replyState.parentId ) {
return;
}

const $respond = $form.closest( selectorRespondContainer );
const $parentField = $form.find( 'input[name="comment_parent"]' );
if ( ! $respond.length || ! $parentField.length ) {
return;
}

const target = document.getElementById( replyState.targetId );
if ( target ) {
if (
window.addComment &&
typeof window.addComment.moveForm === 'function' &&
replyState.respondId
) {
window.addComment.moveForm(
replyState.targetId,
$parentField.attr( 'id' ) || 'comment_parent',
replyState.respondId,
replyState.parentId,
);
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -n -C3 'moveForm' --glob '!node_modules/**'

Repository: Ultimate-Multisite/wp-ajaxify-comments

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#!/bin/bash
set -u

printf '%s\n' '--- source around reviewed call ---'
nl -ba src/js/frontend/wp-ajaxify-comments.js | sed -n '420,490p'

printf '%s\n' '--- moveForm references and dependency/version declarations ---'
rg -n -C4 --glob '!dist/**' --glob '!node_modules/**' -e 'moveForm' -e 'comment-reply' -e 'wp-includes' -e 'WordPress' -e 'wordpress' package.json package-lock.json composer.json composer.lock src .github README.md docs 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1

printf '%s\n' '--- repository files that may bind WordPress comment-reply ---'
rg --files -g '!node_modules/**' -g '!dist/**' | rg '(^|/)(package(-lock)?\.json|composer(-lock)?\.json|.*comment.*reply.*|.*wp.*comment.*|README.*|.*\.md$)$' | head -100

Repository: Ultimate-Multisite/wp-ajaxify-comments

Length of output: 41418

🌐 Web query:

official WordPress core comment-reply.js addComment.moveForm signature comment_post_ID

💡 Result:

In WordPress core, the signature is:

```js
addComment.moveForm(commId, parentId, respondId, postId)
```

`postId` is optional: when provided, `moveForm` assigns it to the form element with ID `comment_post_ID`. It also sets `comment_parent` to `parentId`. ([core.trac.wordpress.org](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35593))

So `postId` is the **fourth argument**—it’s not the `comment_post_ID` element itself. The cited source is a 2015 core changeset; it establishes that historical implementation, not the exact contents of every current WordPress version.([core.trac.wordpress.org](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35593))

Citations:

- 1: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35593
- 2: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35593

Pass the form’s post ID to addComment.moveForm.

WordPress defines moveForm as moveForm(commId, parentId, respondId, postId). The current fourth argument is the parent comment ID, so native reply handling can write that value to comment_post_ID. The second argument must remain the comment_parent field ID.

🐛 Suggested fix 
--- "a/src/js/frontend/wp-ajaxify-comments.js"
+++ "b/src/js/frontend/wp-ajaxify-comments.js"
@@ -460,12 +460,13 @@
 			typeof window.addComment.moveForm === 'function' &&
 			replyState.respondId
 		) {
+			const postId = $form.find( 'input[name="comment_post_ID"]' ).val();
 			window.addComment.moveForm(
 				replyState.targetId,
 				$parentField.attr( 'id' ) || 'comment_parent',
 				replyState.respondId,
-				replyState.parentId,
+				postId,
 			);
 		} else {
 			if ( ! jQuery( '#wp-temp-form-div' ).length ) {
 				jQuery( '<div id="wp-temp-form-div" />' ).insertBefore( $respond );
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Review comment at @src/js/frontend/wp-ajaxify-comments.js around lines 463 -
468:
Update the moveForm call in the reply-handling flow to pass the form’s
comment_post_ID value as its fourth argument instead of replyState.parentId.
Keep the second argument as the comment_parent field ID.

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} else {
if ( ! jQuery( '#wp-temp-form-div' ).length ) {
jQuery( '<div id="wp-temp-form-div" />' ).insertBefore( $respond );
}
jQuery( target ).after( $respond );
$respond.find( '#cancel-comment-reply-link' ).show();
}
$parentField.val( replyState.parentId );
return;
}

if ( window.addComment && typeof window.addComment.cancelForm === 'function' ) {
window.addComment.cancelForm();
} else {
const $placeholder = jQuery( '#wp-temp-form-div' );
if ( $placeholder.length ) {
$placeholder.replaceWith( $respond );
}
$respond.find( '#cancel-comment-reply-link' ).hide();
}
$parentField.val( 0 );
};

/**
* Restore saved field values into a comment form without overwriting user input.
*
Expand All @@ -402,7 +502,11 @@ WPAC._RestoreFormData = function( $form, fields ) {

jQuery.each( fields, function( key, value ) {
const formElement = $form.find( "[name='" + value.name + "']" );
if ( formElement.length !== 1 || formElement.val() ) {
const restoreReplyTarget =
'comment_parent' === value.name &&
parseInt( value.value, 10 ) &&
0 === parseInt( formElement.val(), 10 );
if ( formElement.length !== 1 || ( formElement.val() && ! restoreReplyTarget ) ) {
return;
}
formElement.val( value.value );
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -565,6 +669,11 @@ WPAC._ReplaceMultipleComments = function(
$restoredForm,
WPAC._GetSavedFormFields( formData, postId ),
);
WPAC._RestoreReplyState(
$restoredForm,
WPAC._GetSavedReplyState( formData, postId ),
selectorRespondContainer,
);
} );

if ( formReplaceFailed ) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -803,6 +912,11 @@ WPAC._ReplaceComments = function(
jQuery( selectorCommentForm ),
WPAC._GetSavedFormFields( formData ),
);
WPAC._RestoreReplyState(
jQuery( selectorCommentForm ),
WPAC._GetSavedReplyState( formData ),
selectorRespondContainer,
);
if ( formFocus ) {
// Reset focus.
const formElement = jQuery(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1494,7 +1608,7 @@ WPAC.LoadComments = function( url, options ) {
let formFocus = '';
const activeElement = document.documentElement.ownerDocument.activeElement;
if ( WPAC._Options.hasMultipleCommentContainers ) {
formData = { byPostId: {}, focusPostId: 0 };
formData = { byPostId: {}, replyStateByPostId: {}, focusPostId: 0 };
const liveRoot = jQuery( document );
const scopedPostId = WPAC._GetScopedPostId( options.selectorCommentsContainer );
const postIds = scopedPostId ? [ scopedPostId ] : WPAC._CollectPostIds( liveRoot );
Expand All @@ -1503,6 +1617,10 @@ WPAC.LoadComments = function( url, options ) {
const $form = WPAC._FindCommentFormByPostId( liveRoot, postId );
if ( $form.length ) {
formData.byPostId[ postId ] = $form.serializeArray();
formData.replyStateByPostId[ postId ] = WPAC._CaptureReplyState(
$form,
options.selectorRespondContainer,
);
}
} );

Expand All @@ -1515,7 +1633,14 @@ WPAC.LoadComments = function( url, options ) {
}
}
} else {
formData = jQuery( options.selectorCommentForm ).serializeArray();
const $form = jQuery( options.selectorCommentForm );
formData = {
fields: $form.serializeArray(),
replyState: WPAC._CaptureReplyState(
$form,
options.selectorRespondContainer,
),
};
formFocus = activeElement
? jQuery(
"[name='" + activeElement.name + "']",
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