UnC Move Post Icons Above Message Area.

[UncoderMom]

I have seen this requested many times here and never have seen anyone post the template modification for it. I recently decided to do it myself and thought I'd share.

Already it has increased its use 10 fold!


OPEN templates newthread and newreply and do the following edits.
SAME EDITS FOR BOTH TEMPLATES


Find

<!-- / subject field -->

After add

$posticons

Scroll down and find

$posticons

Delete it.

Save and your done,

Very simple! Thats it!

[Allan]

Install on my forum, thank, good idea :)

[valdet]

Thats a neat little trick. Thanks.

[UncoderMom]

Your welcome!

You can do it in the pm reply's too.. if you want.

[Thomas P]

Does tabbing still work?

[UncoderMom]

Not sure what you mean by tabbing? are you usingg a custom modification? If you are link me to it and Ill look where their edits are. Likely they are IN the posticon template itself and everything should be fine :)

[Thomas P]

I tested this on our internal test forums.

Please try to use the TAB key to change from thread titel to thread message, then to post icons and then to send message.
In my tests tabbing (changing the focus) from post icon to send button doesn't work.
I'm send back to the message text window.

Thanks :)

[UncoderMom]

Okay I tested and I see what your saying.. but actually even though it bounces back up to the no icon section.. if you press enter and have the thread title filled in and message is long enough it enters. I use tab to enter all my threads and never noticed that lol.

My test went like this hit new thread > hit tab (takes me to title box) type title > hit tab again (takes me to icons) arrow key to the icon I want > hit tab again (takes me to message box) type message) hit tab again and it goes back to up to the no icon. Press enter it submits the thread (even though the tab is positioned on the no icon). It doesnt change to no icon either. It stays what I previously chose.

One thing though. I always had to click post icon as tabbing took me straight to enter (default vb). Seems no matter what you do.. sometimes you gotta click. lol Like for the new tags system.

I'm not sure how to make it tab to enter instead of back to no icon but I will investigate.

It works.. as long as you dont look. LOL

[Aclikyano]

thx got it!

[Charlie98902]

Thanks works on 3.7.0 gold as well.

[Super Jinni]

nice idea, I like it

installed

thanks

[Charlie98902]

You can go into styles>>>edit template>>>>>Private Message Template>>>>pm_newpm and do the same if you want to move it up in there too. Thought I would pass this on.

[carrlos]

Great idea!

[UncoderMom]

Your welcome!

[trigatch4]

Awesome, thanks!

Is it possible to make the icons appear in a "dropdown box" next to the "Thread Title" instead full list in columns?

[mystic10]

I WAS WONDERING IF U CAN help me with this code...i have 20 icons...i want to only show 7 and the rest i want to give option for more...just like the smiles...u choose how many u want to display and the rest u need to click more and it will take u to another page...

[UncoderMom]

I WAS WONDERING IF U CAN help me with this code...i have 20 icons...i want to only show 7 and the rest i want to give option for more...just like the smiles...u choose how many u want to display and the rest u need to click more and it will take u to another page...

I probably could but not any time soon, sorry. Holidays and moving limit my time online these days. *sigh*

[dmknights]

*Installed*
Any Chance of moving the smilies too?

[UncoderMom]

*Installed*
Any Chance of moving the smilies too?

Do you want the smilies IN the gray part, just above the editor tool bar or do yo uwant the smilie box moved out of the gray and above the "message area below the "title".



You have to edit your editor_toolbar_on template.

Try something like this

Find
<td id="$editorid" class="vBulletin_editor" width="100%">

After add

<if condition="$smiliebox">$smiliebox</if>

scroll down find

<if condition="$smiliebox"><td class="controlbar">$smiliebox</td></if>

delete it.

That will give you the smiles in the same gray table, just on the top.

Not sure if its "right" but it works lol.

[dmknights]

its nothing to do with the toolbar, but ive discovered how to do it

[UncoderMom]

hmmm I guess I misunderstood you then.

Glad you figured it out though! :)

[robbiefritz]

Very nice. I can see where this will help especially for folks new to forums and posting. Thanks

[yingzhou]

nice ideas.