[Emmy2]

vb Coders...

Okay, here is the code I worked out to add a button to the editor to automatically insert a dice roll.

Remember I’m not a coder, so use this at your own risk. I just kept fiddling with it until it worked. I don’t know the possibility of any negative consequences of the script, so if there are flaws I’m not responsible! I also have never posted code or instructions before, so I hope my directions are coherent.

I've included code for three different button types....a simple text link, a text button, and an image button. Choose the one you prefer. The two best are the text link and the image button. The text button is a little buggy, but still works.

You need to install the script in two places, so that a button shows up on both the quick reply editor and the regular editor. So find these templates:

editor_toolbar_on
showthread_quickreply

Into each template you will add a bit of code to make a button. To find the places to insert the code....

In editor_toolbar_on look for:

$vBeditTemplate[extrabuttons]

In showthread_quickreply look for:

<if condition="!is_browser('opera')">

ABOVE each of those lines add ONE of the following codes to make your button:

For a text button on the editor toolbar:

<td><input type="button" value="Roll 3 Dice" onclick="document.getElementById('{$editorid}_textarea').value += '[dice=3]6[/dice]';"></a></td>

For a text link on the editor toolbar:

<td><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('{$editorid}_textarea').value += '[dice=2]6[/dice]';
return false;">Roll 2 Dice</a></td>

For an image button on the editor toolbar:

<td><a href="javascript:void(0);"><img src="http://www.yoursite.com/diceimage.gif" title="Roll 5 Dice"
onclick="document.getElementById('{$editorid}_textarea').value += '[dice=5]6[/dice]';"></a></td>

Be sure to change the variables to suit your site....ie. the image url to your own image, and the variables of the dice roll to what you want. (an example is [dice=5]6[/dice] but you can create whatever roll you want), and/or the name of the text button to what you want.

Theoretically you can add as many buttons for as many different rolls as you want. However, I know that is too cumbersome. Ideally some sort of option menu would be ideal, like for smilies or fonts. But I don’t know how to code that. Maybe someone else can help now that I've worked out the basic code.

Btw, this script could be used for more than just dice roll. It could be used for any other complex bbcode string that you want to preset, or even for full sentences (“Your post was very helpful to me.”). Just anything that would save the user some keystrokes (as long as there are no quotes in the text string, I think that would mess things up).