Quick Reply Box

Here's an easy one, it barely took 4 minutes to do. :china:
This hack will add a quick replying box at the bottom of all threads, only if the user has permission to reply, so when you need to reply to something real quickly you don't need to click the Post Reply button and wait for the page to load.

Instructions are in the attached .txt file, and if you want a demo... just look below.

NOTE: For the vB 2.3.2 version please see this post.

Extras:

• If you want users who have the Use Email Notification option ON, to automatically subscribe to threads they reply to with this hack, see this post.
  
• If you want to add an option for each user to turn this feature on and off, please see this post.
  
• If you want smilies in your quick reply box please see this post.

[insanctus]

Very usefull hack.... I am sure once my boards are going and all it be well used.... ~ clicks install...

Now to find how to add a image to the text bg .

[stark427]

Seems to be working fine at my 2.2.9 board

*clicks install*

cool hack

[Skyrender]

Hmm.... I just installed it on my board *(vB 2.3.0) But the reply box doesn't work, I've already it on a version 2.2.9 but I don't know what I did worng. Is their any php code changes in 2.3.0 that isn't in the quickreply text file?

[Skyrender]

N/m I fixed the problem, Avio 7 how do you get smilies with the quick reply hack? Because you used to have them next to the quick reply box how do you do that?

[refertech]

Originally posted by FireFly
JTMON - Add this line:

	$clickysmilies = getclickysmilies();

to showthread.php right after this:

	$textareacols = gettextareawidth();

then use $clickysmilies in the showthread_quickreply template to add the box with the smilies in it, but you will also need to add these two lines:

<script language="Javascript" src="vbcode.js"></script>
<script language="Javascript" src="vbcode_language.js"></script>

to the template right after the <form> tag. That should work.

Wow this is even handier than I thought...

Where do I put $clickysmiles at in the template? Anywhere?

[refertech]

I got it. Never mind.

Replace:

<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont></td>

With:

<td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont><p>$clickysmilies</td>

[Pretendo]

Sorry if someone already asked this, but do I have to make any changes to the .php files to get Quick Reply working with another style? I just installed a new style earlier and I went and added the "showthread_replybox" as instructed. Are there any other steps I need to take?

Thanks.

[Edit - Found out I skipped a step... d'oh! aranoid: )

[refertech]

Unless you have replaced those files with a new version for a upgrade, then I would say no.

[Skyrender]

Hehehe, thanks refertech

[Sascha]

Hi!

What´s to do that the Quick Reply-Box is only at the bottom of the last Page of the Thread ?

Sascha