Open all unread articles shortcut

Since an app that opens a lot of tabs will be very slow and maybe even crash your browser, this kind of keyboard shortcut is not a good idea to include in the main app. For a few power users that know how to deal with the issues however this may be a nice addition.

Implementation Hints

This app follows the typical structure of a very simple Client Side Plugin.

For a very simple working solution, follow the following steps:

Create a directory in owncloud/apps called newsopenallshortcut. Inside that folder create a folder structure like this:

• appinfo/
• js/

Now create the following three text files inside the newsopenallshortcut folder:

• appinfo/app.php
• appinfo/info.xml:
• js/script.js:

with the following contents:

appinfo/app.php:

<?php

if (class_exists('OCA\News\Plugin\Client\Plugin')) {
    \OCA\News\Plugin\Client\Plugin::registerScript('newsopenallshortcut', 'script');
}

appinfo/info.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<info>
    <id>newsopenallshortcut</id>
    <name>News Plugin: Open All Unread Articles In a New Tab</name>
    <description>Press shift + o to open all loaded unread articles in a new tab</description>
    <licence>AGPL</licence>
    <author>Your Name Here</author>
    <version>0.0.1</version>
    <category>other</category>
    <dependencies>
        <owncloud min-version="9.0"/>
    </dependencies>
</info>

js/script.js:

$(document).ready(function () {
    var openAllUnread = function (number) {
        var unreadItems = $('#app-content').find('.item:not(.read)');
        unreadItems.slice(0, number).each(function (index, element) {
            var url = $(element)
                .find('.external:visible')
                .attr('href');
            $(element).trigger('click');  // mark read
            window.open(url, '_blank');
        });
    };

    var noInputFocused = function (element) {
        return !(
            element.is('input') ||
            element.is('select') ||
            element.is('textarea') ||
            element.is('checkbox')
        );
    };

    $(document).keyup(function (event) {
        // shift + o
        if (noInputFocused($(':focus')) && event.shiftKey && [79].indexOf(event.keyCode) >= 0) {
            // number of tabs to open
            openAllUnread(5);
        }
    });
});

Change the number in openAllUnread(5); to how many articles you want to open at once, e.g.:

openAllUnread(20);

for 20 articles.

Finally enable the app in your apps menu. The name is the same as the <name> Element in the appinfo/info.xml, in this case: News Plugin: Open All Unread Articles In a New Tab

Related Issues

• https://github.com/owncloud/news/issues/850