Release: V5.5.0 Witty Wildebeest

https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/comments/l9b4wi/release_v550_witty_wildebeest/

created by creesch on 31/01/2021 at 12:10 UTC*

74 upvotes, 32 top-level comments (showing 25)

Hi everyone!

We are happy to announce toolbox V5.5.0 "Witty Wildebeest"!

Features

A new token, `{permalink_newmodmail}`, is available to reference the `mod.reddit.com` permalink to new modmail conversations. The `{permalink}` token now refers to the conversation URL visible to the user. Usernotes left in modmail will still use the mod-accessible link. (#371[1], #384[2])
You can now specify additional wiki page names where the syntax highlighter should activate. (#92[3], #394[4], thanks @itskieranp![5])
You can now have Toolbox open the profile view and search for content on a user's profile by using URL parameters. (#388[6], #397[7])
Flair templates can now be selected directly when setting up removal reasons and when changing a user's flair via the mod button. (#296[8], #418[9], thanks @Xeoth![10])
Debug console output can now be filtered using browser filtering tools. (#96[11], #430[12])

Fixes

Mod buttons on old Reddit should no longer duplicate themselves in some scenarios. (#330[13], #385[14])
The usernotes management interface now loads in a reasonable amount of time for subreddits with lots of notes by displaying a paged interface rather than loading all notes at once. (#221[15], #223[16])
Page change detection was optimized. (#387[17], thanks @larsjohnsen![18])
Fixed some link interactions on old Reddit. (#366[19])
Toolbox now behaves itself on subreddits whose names are entirely numeric. (#422[20], #424[21])
Deleted users are now handled more consistently in the context popup and some other locations. (#429[22], #431[23])
When sending PMs, content is now truncated to 10k characters to avoid unhandled API errors. (#432[24], #438[25])
The "show settings" button in the personal settings window works again. (#298[26], #433[27])
The mod button no longer fails to open when you don't have certain permissions in the current subreddit. (#309[28], #443[29])
Date formatting no longer creates incorrect duration display in certain circumstances. (#440[30])
Removal reasons can now lock threads even if the reason is sent as a PM rather than a reply. (#444[31], #446[32])
Subreddit-forced removal reasons settings now apply properly. (#445[33], #447[34])

Other

Reordered the mod action buttons in context popups to match the native order of buttons in the modqueue. (#382[35])
Minor visual corrections to modbutton interface. (#392[36])
Specific error information is displayed if you try to ban someone from mod button with a reason or duration that is too large. (#383[37])
Context popup will show an error message if the item being opened has become inaccessible. (#252[38], #393[39])
Toolbox windows, popups, overlays, and in-page notifications now share much of the same style information, resulting in some minor visual changes. (#240[40], #380[41])
The way Toolbox detects changes to the current URL has changed (#395[42])
Other misc. bugfixes. (#426[43])

Comments

Comment by creesch at 31/01/2021 at 12:10 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Release status

Firefox

Toolbox has been reviewed and is available on AMO[1] and should be automatically updated.

1: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-moderator-toolbox/

Chrome & Chromium based browsers

Toolbox has been published to the Chrome store for review[2] and should be automatically updated.

2: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jhjpjhhkcbkmgdkahnckfboefnkgghpo

Edge

Get it from the chrome store for chromium Edge. Or use the new fancy Edge store[3] (currently still under review for the latter)

3: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/moderator-toolbox-for-red/nolhfmoadpbgfeonfnjlcfmhhkmdlfcl?hl=en-US

Comment by [deleted] at 31/01/2021 at 13:59 UTC*

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 31/01/2021 at 12:25 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by [deleted] at 31/01/2021 at 12:18 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you for being awesome <3

Comment by Bardfinn at 31/01/2021 at 14:06 UTC

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440 fixed `about a year ago` 😂

Comment by Tetizeraz at 31/01/2021 at 19:24 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

When sending PMs, content is now truncated to 10k characters to avoid unhandled API errors. (#432, #438)

Yay for the fix! /u/majorparadox

Comment by buzznights at 31/01/2021 at 21:11 UTC

3 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Thanks, creesch and gang!

Question about usernotes (that load like a dream now): one option is

"Prune deleted users and users who haven't posted or commented in 6 months (slow)"

I don't want to prune users who haven't commented - we have tons of lurkers. Is there an option for pruning just deleted users?

Comment by Darththorn at 31/01/2021 at 12:24 UTC

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Big excite.

Comment by InPlotITrust at 31/01/2021 at 12:38 UTC

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Thanks for all the effort!

Comment by SamMee514 at 31/01/2021 at 16:23 UTC

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Comment by ImLivingAmongYou at 31/01/2021 at 16:25 UTC

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Thank you mods, I love you.

Comment by pixelmeow at 31/01/2021 at 17:22 UTC

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Very nice to see one I reported in this update (#440). Very good turnaround time, too! Thank you for all your work on this, I couldn't moderate competently without your work.

Comment by Unicormfarts at 31/01/2021 at 18:48 UTC

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I just set user flair from modmail and the box won't close when I click the X. This is on Chrome.

Comment by -_-wat-_- at 01/02/2021 at 05:17 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Potentially dumb question but is there a way to add approved submitters to a subreddit en-mass, the way I can remove a bunch of comments at once?

Comment by Carbon_Rod at 31/01/2021 at 13:31 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Gotta try the usernotes management interface now that you've rejigged it; last time it took over a full day for the notes to finish loading before I could purge!

Comment by Gold_Champagne at 31/01/2021 at 15:22 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Thanks! Does it update automatically?

Comment by Too_MuchWhiskey at 31/01/2021 at 15:37 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Specific error information is displayed if you try to ban someone from mod button with a reason or duration that is too large. (#383)

I get this message when trying to add submitters to subreddits and their comment is large. Adding a submitter isn't supposed to send the text of a submission along with the add. Is it?

Comment by ParkingPsychology at 31/01/2021 at 18:31 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you!

Comment by VonFlaks at 31/01/2021 at 21:04 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Any plans on making macro responses to mod mails like removal macro messages?

So many questions on why their post was removed by Automod (report threshold removal) that I would love to respond with a preset message like how Removal Messages work now.

If it's even possible of course.

Comment by MaximilianKohler at 31/01/2021 at 23:56 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Thanks guys.

One issue I have is that I normally use a private browsing window for nearly everything. RES works fine but toolbox doesn't seem to.

I did a search https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/search?q=private+window&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all[1] and found this thread from 4 years ago https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/comments/4cnqdj/why_is_toolbox_different_when_using_incognito_on/[2]

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/search?q=private+window&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/comments/4cnqdj/why_is_toolbox_different_when_using_incognito_on/

Any chance this could be fixed?

In firefox options I do have "Run in Private Windows" set to "Allow". And I haven't noticed any other addons having issues in private windows.

Comment by Mlakuss at 01/02/2021 at 10:55 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I received the update on Firefox... but it looks like the extension is not working with Private Mode (latest version of Firefox).

I already had some trouble to make the extension works the first time I installed it. Any suggestion?

Comment by Flelk at 01/02/2021 at 17:07 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I seem to have lost all of my Toolbox overlays in Firefox since the update. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, to no avail. Any thoughts on what else I might try to fix this?

Comment by Merari01 at 02/02/2021 at 07:56 UTC

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I am loving the new pop-up menu layouts! Nicely done guys :)

Comment by RealBlazeStorm at 03/02/2021 at 07:13 UTC

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Thanks a lot once again!

Comment by TheChrisD at 05/02/2021 at 00:29 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Deleted users are now handled more consistently in the context popup and some other locations. (#429[1], #431[2])

1: https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/issues/429

2: https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/pull/431

nooooooo, put it back, you just ruined part of my workflow!

Whenever a user who was violating our rules deleted their post, I was able to note them on that post by editing the browser source with the author name from an AutoMod comment, so the note was properly attributed to them.