Post Icons - drop down list (good for lots of icons!)

This hack will put all the post icons into a dropdown list instead, which will save lots of space especially if you have lots of post icons available (or WANT to have a lot of post icons available )

Look at attached screenshot to see how it looks like
If you have a suggestion, let me know!

Anyways, here we go

Please make sure that all your icons have a title because this title will be shown in the dropdown menu! Otherwise it will be blank; it will still work and people can select it, but it doesn't help in knowing what the icon will show

Instructions

Open up includes/functions_newpost.php and find

PHP Code:

        if ($seliconid == $iconid)
        {
            $iconchecked = HTML_CHECKED;
            $selectedicon = array('src' => $iconpath, 'alt' => $alttext);
        }
        else
        {
            $iconchecked = '';
        } 


Replace with

PHP Code:

    if ($seliconid == $iconid) 
    { 
        if ($show['dropdownicons']) 
        { 
            $iconselect = " selected"; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            $iconchecked = HTML_CHECKED; 
            $selectedicon = array('src' => $iconpath, 'alt' => $alttext); 
        } 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        if ($show['dropdownicons']) 
        { 
            $iconselect = ''; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            $iconchecked = ''; 
        } 
    } 


Find:

PHP Code:

    $show['posticons'] = false; 


Below, add

PHP Code:

    $show['dropdownicons'] = 1;

    if ($show['dropdownicons'])
    {
        $posticondropdown = '<option value="0">' . $vbphrase[no_icon] . '</option>';

    } 


Find:

PHP Code:

        eval('$posticonbits .= "' . fetch_template('posticonbit') . '";'); 


Below, add

PHP Code:

        eval('$posticondropdown .= "' . fetch_template('posticon_dropdown') . '";'); 


Open up posticons template and find

				<td width="12%" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="rb_iconid_0"><input type="radio" name="iconid" value="0" id="rb_iconid_0" tabindex="1" onclick="swap_posticon(null)" $iconchecked />$vbphrase[no_icon] &nbsp; &nbsp;</label></td>
				$posticonbits

Replace it with

				<if condition="$show['dropdownicons']"><td><select name="iconid" id="iconid" onchange="changeImage(this.value)">$posticondropdown</select> <img id="posticonimage" /></td><else /><td width="12%" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="rb_iconid_0"><input type="radio" name="iconid" value="0" id="rb_iconid_0" tabindex="1" onclick="swap_posticon(null)" $iconchecked />$vbphrase[no_icon] &nbsp; &nbsp;</label></td>$posticonbits</if>

Find

	// -->

Above, add

	<if condition="$show['dropdownicons']">
function changeImage(selVal)
{
if (selVal != 0)
{
 document.getElementById('posticonimage').src = selVal;
}
else
{
document.getElementById('posticonimage').src = 'clear.gif';
}
}
	</if>

Create a new template called posticon_dropdown with the following content:

<option value="$iconpath"$iconselect>$alttext</option>

All done! Now if you ever want to turn this off and use the old way of viewing post icons, then just change $show['dropdownicons'] = 1; in includes/functions_newpost.php to $show['dropdownicons'] = 0; (basically just change 1 to 0.)

I hope you enjoy this hack

[Gary King]

Wow, you have something really messed up there; you removed the code from the template but it still shows?

Make sure you modify the correct styleset.

[Fibe]

i don't understand lol i added posticons template in the SOI style. (which is style i use) and they are sitll there lol.

what about that image btw ? and thanks loads ! i really want this to work since it's godly, i am not giving up

[Gary King]

I can't believe what's going on, something is broken
I can't really help you much farther in terms of removing the post icons radio buttons because it shouldn't be there in the first place.

[Fibe]

LOL i turned the 1 into a 0 in the functions_newpost.php

and now all icons are there twice

[Gary King]

Yep that's why it should be 1.

[Fibe]

ok not sure how when and why, but i fixed it !

Just that little graphics shows up. If i pick another icon and then go back to " no icon" it's no longer there.

[Gary King]

Yep it's a Javascript thing, it's not really that important but if someone wants to try to fix it to be my guest

[Tim Wheatley]

Originally Posted by Gary W

Can I please see your forums then.

Works perfectly with vB3 Gold here. :up:

Just a note for future users, in order for the text to show in the list, you must have edited the titles/names in your cp here:
http://www.yourdomain.com/admincp/im...ify&table=icon

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by Tim Wheatley

Works perfectly with vB3 Gold here. :up:

Just a note for future users, in order for the text to show in the list, you must have edited the titles/names in your cp here:
http://www.yourdomain.com/admincp/im...ify&table=icon

Good idea about notifying that, I added in the post

[wrongful]

Does anyone know a way to make the "No Icon" selection show the default icon?