[release] Progress bar in newreply

[filburt1]

Author: filburt1
Description: adds a live progress bar and character counter to newreply to replace the [check message length] link.
Screenshot: next post

Because of speed limitations the progress bar does not update with every keystroke, but rather every two seconds. Also, its color depends on how much you've typed (>80% is red, >60% is yellow, anything else is green).

Requires IE5.5, at least for the live counter. Not sure about the progress bar itself.

[filburt1]

Screenshot:

[assassingod]

Cool:)

I like this.

Would this work if I put it in newthread as well?:)

[filburt1]

I got the idea from Rent-A-Coder but I wrote the code from scratch :)

[assassingod]

Cool:-D I was going to release something like this months ago - butt he code didnt work :(

(Read my first post;))

[filburt1]

Originally posted by ffdcsite
Cool:)

I like this.

Would this work if I put it in newthread as well?:)
I'm guessing yes just because I don't see why it shouldn't.

[Rufus69]

whieeeeeeeeeeeeee

*installs*

[Tony G]

I was trying to make something like this too, not a bar but the stupid java wouldn't work! >_<

This will count though, nice work.

[Sc0rp]

nice! could this work in quickreply aswell?

[filburt1]

Maybe, depends on how the form is coded.

[Nairb]

Will this work with the quick reply as well?

[Sephiroth32]

Nice one!

***Installs

[Tony G]

Originally posted by Nairb
Will this work with the quick reply as well?

Look above your post, it was answered.

[Arabs Emperor]

WoW Great one thanks [ filburt1 ]

[imported_WvD]

nice one d00d

[Sc0rp]

yeah nice addon.. but.. I installed it.. and now when a user replies or makes a new thread it redirects him to the newreply/newthread page.. ???

as far as I knew this could only be edited threw php but looks like I was wrong..

anyone else having this prob?

[x-wave]

love that, thx :)

[imported_SeanMT]

class, very nice

[N9ne]

Would this work with editpost aswell as newthread and newreply?

[filburt1]

Theoretically.

[imported_psyblast]

very nice :) i installed this, adding it to newthread, and quick reply :)

works for all of the above, so anybody asking if it works, all you have to do is repeate the steps in the txt file for all the templates you want to do this mod too

[xeon]

As psyblast said it can be added to newthread and q-reply in the same way as newreply. I did add a <br> and retain the:
<a href="javascript:checklength(document.vbform);">[check message length]</a>
that way anyone who's browser doesn't utilize the count, progress bar or whatever can still check message length somehow. I may also add a note about it not working in all browsers. How to do it in a clean way is what I am trying to figure out now. Nice addition though!

[[Hs]]

]Very cool :D installing

[Disturbed]

i dont want that bar, so if i want to remove it should i simply remove that line?

<script type="text/javascript">updateprogressbar(document.vbform.message.value.le ngth)</script>

[filburt1]

The bar is the whole point of the mod :rolleyes:

[Disturbed]

maybe to you, but not me...

i just want the text not the bar so blah ;p

[aezs]

Originally posted by Sc0rp
yeah nice addon.. but.. I installed it.. and now when a user replies or makes a new thread it redirects him to the newreply/newthread page.. ???

as far as I knew this could only be edited threw php but looks like I was wrong..

anyone else having this prob?

I got this problem also..

[filburt1]

It works perfectly fine for me, make sure you don't have any hacks installed.

[crusades]

vary nice!! I try to install it;)

[fxs]

I made a little variable to not show this line in Netscape or another Browser.... only Ie.

correct?? ;)

[imported_Tungsten]

Nice hack, Filburt. I noticed that it causes the browser screen to "blink" ever so slightly as I am typing though. Anyone else noticed that?

(apologies if this was already mentioned; haven't read the whole thread yet)

[filburt1]

It does it every five seconds or so which is when it updates the counter and progress bar. If it did it with every keystroke the typing would lag.

[moi]

very nice, it works very well for me ;)

[Fiyah]

I installed it but it doesn't show any character count. It stays at 0, so where do I need to go to put in the character count. I just used it in my quick reply box area.

[filburt1]

It was designed only to work with the full reply form and nothing else.

[Sliderx]

thx for this hack

[sonic3d]

gonna try to install this.

l8er
sonic

[Sephiroth32]

***installs

[joeboo]

Excellent modification filburt1. Thanks for sharing.

[Mathieu]

Thanks for this hack it's a good job