View won't update when a new comments is posted (NodeJS)

I tried the latest dev, and it did not solve the problem.

@formatC'vt to recreate this issue, create a new view of only comments.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but...

The problem with that module is that it refreshes the entire view instead of just pulling the new content. Also, every time Node JS updates the view, it forces the page to auto scroll to the view which is annoying Stop Auto Scrolling?.

I was on vacation, just got back.

Thanks, I will give that a try soon, it will be handy for other stuff but...

Still the view's nodejs is not designed for comments. Since it refreshes the entire view instead of just pulling the new comment. So it won't work if someone had loaded more comments. They would be essentially be taken back to page 1 every time someone new comments. Also, if someone else comments on another node, it would cause all nodes comment view to refresh.

I know how.

I created a block view named comments222. I put a contextual filter of NID so it only shows the comments of the node you are viewing.

Copy the code below and paste this into admin/structure/views/import in the "Paste view code here" field

$view = new view();
$view->name = 'comments222';
$view->description = '';
$view->tag = 'default';
$view->base_table = 'comment';
$view->human_name = 'comments222';
$view->core = 7;
$view->api_version = '3.0';
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */

/* Display: Master */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Master', 'default');
$handler->display->display_options['title'] = 'comments222';
$handler->display->display_options['use_more_always'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['access']['type'] = 'perm';
$handler->display->display_options['cache']['type'] = 'none';
$handler->display->display_options['query']['type'] = 'views_query';
$handler->display->display_options['exposed_form']['type'] = 'basic';
$handler->display->display_options['pager']['type'] = 'some';
$handler->display->display_options['pager']['options']['items_per_page'] = '10';
$handler->display->display_options['style_plugin'] = 'default';
$handler->display->display_options['style_options']['row_class_special'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['row_plugin'] = 'fields';
$handler->display->display_options['row_options']['default_field_elements'] = FALSE;
/* Relationship: Comment: Content */
$handler->display->display_options['relationships']['nid']['id'] = 'nid';
$handler->display->display_options['relationships']['nid']['table'] = 'comment';
$handler->display->display_options['relationships']['nid']['field'] = 'nid';
$handler->display->display_options['relationships']['nid']['required'] = TRUE;
/* Field: Global: View result counter */
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['counter']['id'] = 'counter';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['counter']['table'] = 'views';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['counter']['field'] = 'counter';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['counter']['label'] = '';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['counter']['element_label_colon'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['counter']['element_default_classes'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['counter']['counter_start'] = '1';
/* Field: Comment: Rendered Comment */
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['id'] = 'rendered_entity';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['table'] = 'views_entity_comment';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['field'] = 'rendered_entity';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['label'] = '';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['element_label_colon'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['element_default_classes'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['link_to_entity'] = 1;
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['display'] = 'view';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['view_mode'] = 'full';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['rendered_entity']['bypass_access'] = 0;
/* Sort criterion: Comment: Post date */
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['id'] = 'created';
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['table'] = 'comment';
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['field'] = 'created';
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['order'] = 'DESC';
/* Contextual filter: Content: Nid */
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['id'] = 'nid';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['table'] = 'node';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['field'] = 'nid';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['relationship'] = 'nid';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['default_action'] = 'default';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['default_argument_type'] = 'node';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['summary']['number_of_records'] = '0';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['summary']['format'] = 'default_summary';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['nid']['summary_options']['items_per_page'] = '25';
/* Filter criterion: Comment: Approved */
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['id'] = 'status';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['table'] = 'comment';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['field'] = 'status';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['value'] = 1;
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['group'] = 1;
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['expose']['operator'] = FALSE;
/* Filter criterion: Content: Published */
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status_node']['id'] = 'status_node';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status_node']['table'] = 'node';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status_node']['field'] = 'status';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status_node']['relationship'] = 'nid';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status_node']['value'] = 1;
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status_node']['group'] = 1;
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status_node']['expose']['operator'] = FALSE;

/* Display: Block */
$handler = $view->new_display('block', 'Block', 'block');

As you can see, I added a result counter field to get the row number and a render comment field to render the comment.

Then all you have to do is use this code in your module.

function MyModuleName_preprocess_views_view_fields($vars){

  if ($vars['view']->name == "comments222" && 
      $vars['view']->current_display == "block" && 
      $vars['fields']['counter']->content != 1){
               $vars['fields']['rendered_entity']->content = null; 
               $vars['fields']['counter']->content = null; 
               }
}

Note: remember to replace MyModuleName with the actual module name.

I edited the code so it's easier on the eyes, the preprocess_views_view_fields($vars) function does that

If you look at the if statement, it has a view name ("comments222"), display type ("block") and the counter field is the row number ("1").

It's just a negative expression, if its not row 1, then don't print/render the row. Thus, only row 1 gets rendered.

so if you just want to print row 5 then you change this part of the code to $vars['fields']['counter']->content != 5

I'll look around if there is another way though, but this maybe the only way.

Important: You need to use my view set-up in order to get the code to work, so that's why I gave you the import code for the view.

Well the question is, how come new comments don't work, but replies do? Is it a view row problem? But if the view renders the entity there shouldn't be any view rows...?