add experimental plugin to shorten articles which are too damn long in expanded cdm

plugins/shorten_expanded/init.js

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+var _shorten_expanded_threshold = 900; //px, longer than css height so that we would only clip articles significantly longer than limit
+
+function expandSizeWrapper(id) {
+	try {
+		var row = $(id);
+
+		console.log(row);
+
+		if (row) {
+			var content = row.select(".contentSizeWrapper")[0];
+			var link = row.select(".expandPrompt")[0];
+
+			if (content) content.removeClassName("contentSizeWrapper");
+			if (link) Element.hide(link);
+
+		}
+	} catch (e) {
+		exception_error("expandSizeWrapper", e);
+	}
+
+	return false;
+
+}
+
+dojo.addOnLoad(function() {
+	PluginHost.register(PluginHost.HOOK_ARTICLE_RENDERED_CDM, function(row) {
+		if (getInitParam('cdm_expanded')) {
+
+			window.setTimeout(function() {
+				if (row) {
+					if (row.offsetHeight >= _shorten_expanded_threshold) {
+						var content = row.select(".cdmContentInner")[0];
+
+						if (content) {
+							content.innerHTML = "<div class='contentSizeWrapper'>" +
+								content.innerHTML + "</div><button class='expandPrompt' onclick='return expandSizeWrapper(\""+row.id+"\")' "+
+								"href='#'>" + __("Click to expand article") + "</button>";
+
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}, 150);
+		}
+	});
+});