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The sandbox post is really just a question which we use as a system to review posts (which is great and all), but wouldn't it be great if there could be like a dedicated review queue for Sandbox Post? Nobody made one so I took it upon myself to make one! After days and hours of work, I've finished up the viewer!

Well I've got the next best thing, a PPCG Sandbox Viewer!

Screenshots

You're probably saying show me the damn viewer already so here some screenshots:

PPCG Viewer

Note: The buttons and links all change color depending on the SE site you open it from. This was opened on PPCG w/ the graduation userscript

Here's a GIF demonstrating it's use:

GIF on Sandbox Viewer

Features

What does it do? Quite a bit actually:

  • See your sandboxed Posts
    • See the score breakdown
    • See your posts latest activity
  • See comments on your posts
  • Review posts from the viewer
  • Upvote / Downvote posts
  • See / Expand posts comment threads
  • Leave comments from the sandbox viewer
  • The sandbox button lights up when a new sandbox posts is added

Have a feature request? Leave one! I really don't know what else to add

Download

Convinced it's awesome? Download it!

Install It!

Installation link for Firefox (GreaseMonkey)

* Don't forget to star :3

This is a userscript, so make sure you have TamperMonkey (Now works on Firefox / GreaseMonkey!) installed and it should prompt you to install it.

How do I use it?

This adds a little sandbox button to the header.

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Click the x in the top-right corner of the viewer to exit it.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ This is amazing, and I love it. \$\endgroup\$
    – isaacg
    Commented May 31, 2017 at 9:16
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    \$\begingroup\$ The x is in the top-left... \$\endgroup\$
    – MD XF
    Commented Jun 6, 2017 at 21:38
  • \$\begingroup\$ Nice comments in the latest activity bar, guys... \$\endgroup\$
    – MercyBeaucou
    Commented Nov 16, 2017 at 0:45
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    \$\begingroup\$ Omg, the "you suck" was what I thought reflexively in my head when I saw you click the comment box in the GIF... Then you actually typed it. Oh man, that was good. \$\endgroup\$
    – Magic Octopus Urn
    Commented Nov 22, 2017 at 19:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ I added it to Greasy Forge (gist wasn't working in firefox). Here's the link: greasyfork.org/en/scripts/35816-sandbox-viewer \$\endgroup\$
    – Joseph
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 6:01
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    \$\begingroup\$ Doesn't work with new SE header bar. Will you fix it or is this a dead project? \$\endgroup\$
    – hyper-neutrino Mod
    Commented Mar 7, 2018 at 1:28
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    \$\begingroup\$ @HyperNeutrino yes will do \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Aug 11, 2018 at 5:48
  • \$\begingroup\$ ...did it ever get updated? \$\endgroup\$
    – Corsaka
    Commented Nov 26, 2019 at 9:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Corsaka It was updated with the new top bar but I haven't had time to maintain this for a long while now \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Nov 27, 2019 at 22:06
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Downgoat Can you help me? In microsoft edge Windows 10 it says can't install extensions from this website. \$\endgroup\$
    – math scat
    Commented Apr 8, 2021 at 11:40

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Make it compatible with the new top bar

Since Stack Exchange has changed its top bar across all the sites in the network, one can no longer use the sandbox viewer. Here is how it looks like now:

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As you can see the button is no longer there.

* Also you cannot change the settings of the "PPCG Graduation" script) ()

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I patched the script to work with the new sidebar. Where do I put it up? \$\endgroup\$
    – Razetime
    Commented Oct 2, 2020 at 7:12
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Feature request: Sandbox Notification

Make the sandbox icon in the super collider show a notification when there's a new sandbox post since the last time you clicked it (much like the reputation icon next to it when you've only received a badge and it turns green... could be a different colour though... sand-coloured maybe).

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  • \$\begingroup\$ [status-completed]: The button should become a bright, sand color when a new post is sandboxed. I haven't tested it but it should work. \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Feb 17, 2016 at 16:16
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Downgoat Doesn't seem to be working yet. \$\endgroup\$
    – Martin Ender
    Commented Feb 17, 2016 at 21:00
  • \$\begingroup\$ Apparently I don't know how websockets work :/ now this should work \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 1:03
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Downgoat Seems to be working now, but I think the change in colour could be a bit more noticeable. \$\endgroup\$
    – Martin Ender
    Commented Feb 21, 2016 at 16:59
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    \$\begingroup\$ @MartinEnder How can it be noticeable when you want the color of sand? Maybe the color of white sand? \$\endgroup\$
    – Erik the Outgolfer
    Commented Oct 13, 2016 at 17:43
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Feature request: enter submits comment

Comments can't contain linefeeds, so like the comment field on SE itself, hitting enter should submit the comment.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Okay this has been added in 1.6 \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented May 31, 2017 at 14:40
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Feature Request: Port this to become PPCG Challenge Viewer

I was thinking, this works great with the sandbox, but why not make it into a challenge viewer? I've heard some chit chat about making an app for PPCG, but this would be a good experience for desktop users. Maybe an auto code golf sorter? Any input on this would be great.

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Feature request: make the sidebar work from other SEs

When I open the viewer on another SE, I'm not seeing any challenges in the left sidebar. I'm assuming this is because you're using the user ID on the current SE (this would actually mean I might see someone else's list, if my ID on another SE matches up with theirs on PPCG). If at all possible, it would be neat if the script could determine my ID on PPCG and use that.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Not sure this is possible but I'll try. \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Mar 1, 2016 at 3:24
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Bug: Voting is cross-site request

When I upvoted, Tampermonkey saw it as a cross-site request and flagged it.

I'm not sure whether this a bug in the script or in SE, but I'll show it anyways:

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    \$\begingroup\$ It's because the userscript hasn't been updated to point to https://meta.codegolf.stackexchange.com instead of https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com (the latter is a redirect tot he former). \$\endgroup\$
    – user45941
    Commented May 31, 2017 at 13:46
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    \$\begingroup\$ Okay, I've fixed this as of 2.6 \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented May 31, 2017 at 14:40
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Troubleshooting/Error

Does not display any latest activity (I don't have sandboxed posts, at the moment). On latest Chrome/Tampermonkey (OSX, 64-bit).

screenshot

Also, just realized that upvoting one post locks in the upvote symbol like so:

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While you can see that I have not (yet) upvoted that answer.

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However, it did work for the one I first clicked on.

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    \$\begingroup\$ The latest activity is just comments on your posts but I guess that could be changed \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Feb 17, 2016 at 18:51
  • \$\begingroup\$ Ah ok. I thought it was over all posts. \$\endgroup\$
    – Michael Klein
    Commented Feb 17, 2016 at 18:51
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    \$\begingroup\$ The vote thing is weird though I'll fix that \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Feb 17, 2016 at 18:54
  • \$\begingroup\$ ok, it should be fixed in the latest commit. Let me know if it continues to not work for you \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Feb 17, 2016 at 23:19
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Downgoat Unfortunately it doesn't process upvotes or downvotes for me now \$\endgroup\$
    – Michael Klein
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 21:41
  • \$\begingroup\$ :/ Firefox is very stubborn on letting me doing AJAX requests. I've fixed it for Chrome / Safari / etc. But Firefox support is still buggy. \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented Feb 19, 2016 at 0:45
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Bug: WebSocket connection blocked when using https

Execution of script 'Sandbox Viewer' failed! Failed to construct 'WebSocket': An insecure WebSocket connection may not be initiated from a page loaded over HTTPS.

I notice you updated the http: URIs to use https: in the v2.4 commit but the websocket URI on line 351 is still using ws: instead of wss:

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    \$\begingroup\$ Okay, as of 2.5 (currently 2.6) this has been updated to wss \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented May 31, 2017 at 14:40
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Bug: Post button doesn't work

I just installed this, Chrome/Tampermonkey, and the Post button, for posting comments, doesn't work. It doesn't respond at all.

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    \$\begingroup\$ This should be fixed now. Error reporting is kinda crappy but hopefully it'll display an alert box if oyur comment is too short \$\endgroup\$
    – Downgoat
    Commented May 31, 2017 at 14:41
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VERY Important Feature Request: Add license

Very Important: You only showed others the code, you did not share it, see the GitHub blog and choosealicense.com. As I assume, the most popular license on GitHub is the most restrictive - no license, which applies the copyright law and makes code unusable. According to GitHub's TOS, you have granted others permission to see and fork the repository, so they can only do those actions, nothing else.

"No license" has several cons. The MIT license has only a few cons, fewer than no license. I opened https://github.com/vihanb/PPCG-SandboxViewer/pull/6 to solve this. When creating a repository, GitHub now removed the checkbox to add a license, and only the dropdown exists now. All my public repositories on GitHub.com have a license.

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Nothing pops up

The sandbox icon does not pop up on the website header.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ The script hasn't worked for years \$\endgroup\$
    – mousetail
    Commented Aug 26, 2023 at 13:03
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Cutoff at top

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Not sure if this is a my computer problem or not... but it's cutoff at the top and I can't see those buttons. My screen is 1920x1080.

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