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Slack: expand truncated messages

With Alt+E it clicks every "show more" button to fully expand truncated message blocks at once.

Code to copy

// Press Alt+E to expand every collapsed message block in the channel
function expandAll(e) {
  if (e.altKey && (e.key === 'e' || e.key === 'E')) {
    e.preventDefault();
    let n = 0;
    document.querySelectorAll('[data-qa="show_more_button"], .c-message__expand_button').forEach(function (btn) {
      btn.click();
      n++;
    });
    console.log('[Slack] expanded ' + n + ' truncated message blocks');
  }
}
document.addEventListener('keydown', expandAll, true);

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