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

[RaZor Edge]

You can make this hack work if you don't need the icon preview.

Just make this 2 changes:

Change

PHP Code:

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


to

PHP Code:

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


and

PHP Code:

<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> 


to

PHP Code:

<if condition="$show['dropdownicons']"><td><select name="iconid" id="iconid">$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> 


Icon will now show on post, BUT, icon preview won't work.

[T3MEDIA]

This author always takes hacks from other sites and mangles them together. just look at all his releases... 90% are all people complaining it doesnt work.

Never use this guys hacks.

[Rickk]

I should note that this hack worked fine on my boards.
I am running 3.0.1, though.

I'm very happy with this hack.

[Suzie]

Is there a more recent or similar hack out that does this? If not, does this work on 3.07? :ermm:

[Silmarillion]

Anybody able to fix the problem with the icon-preview? Would be great! :squareeyed:

mfg

[Renee]

Nice Hack,

I have 2 icon-categories, one with the standart-icons, one with flags.
The standart-icons should be seen normal and the category with the should be displayed with this Dropdown-hack.
It would this going with this hack?

[Okie]

any chanse the outher update this hack to vB3.5

[RaZor Edge]

I would also like to see this hack updated for 3.5...

One of my icon category have more that 950 icons!!! :-/

[DieselMinded]

can someone make this for 3.6.8.........