New vbcode.js - vBcode and smilie user interface improvement

Hello vB Troopers,

With special permission from the Dev Team I am proud to release an improved version of vbcode.js. Any usage of this script other than in licensed vBulletin driven Boards is a direct violation of Jelsoft copyrights. Any violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law!

One MAJOR Improvement(note: only works with IE, NS users are out o luck! But who uses NS anyway?)

vBcode and smilies will be inserted wherever the cursor is instead of at the end of the text.

Installation
Copy the new vbcode.js file over your old one(see "Another small note" below). If you'd like to keep the old file just rename it before copying the new one.

You need to add the following text to the "message" textarea tag:

onChange=getActiveText(this) onclick=getActiveText(this)

It should basically look similiar to this:

<textarea name="message" rows="20" cols="$textareacols" wrap="virtual" tabindex="2" 
onChange=getActiveText(this) onclick=getActiveText(this) >$message</textarea>

Please note: The variable($message) may be different in some templates, editpost for example, so make sure to keep the original variable in the textarea attribute "name =". Otherwise the text may be missing in some instances.

This textarea can be found in the following templates:

Calendar Templates

calendar_enterevent

New Posting Templates

newreply

newthread

Private Messaging Templates

priv_forwardmultiple

priv_sendprivmsg

priv_sendtobuddies

and the editpost template

additional template changes

In the vbcode_popup_smilies template you must delete the following code:

<script language="JavaScript">
function smilie(smilietext) {
        opener.document.vbform.message.value += smilietext+" ";
        //opener.vbform.message.focus();
}
</script>

In the vbcode__popup_smiliebits template you must change:

<a href="javascript:smilie('$smilie[text]')">

to:

<a href="javascript:opener.smilie('$smilie[text]')">

small note:If you use the above code pleas omit the space between java and script.


If these changes aren't made the new script WILL NOT WORK!

I hope to hear from those who use it, and please let me know if you find a bug.


vB.org is using this hack. Try it out!

Scott

Latest release date: 20.04.2002
Any version older than this should be updated.

[Stretchr]

Thanks. I started in the old thread for this then moved to this thread. With all the posts I wanted to make sure I didn't miss something. It is a great hack and useful!

[Scott MacVicar]

i wonder why this hasn't been put into the official vBulletin release, its a huge improvement and there hasn't been any problems on browsers which support javascript, has there?

[Stretchr]

It doesn't work with NS but that's their problem. I agree that this is a must for the next vB version, though. :up:

[Jawelin]

:cry:

On vbulletin.com is now running the new next-to-release 2.2.2 and still vbcode.js is the same as before..... :zzz:

[Stretchr]

Do you know whether anyone has suggested this? Is there a place where we could start a thread for folks to voice their opinion on getting it added? They use it here so I'm kind of surprised that it didn't get the "thumbs-up" for the next edition.

[Shenlong]

GREAT HACK! Damn this helped me a lot, I hated the config before and this does nothing but help! thanks so much scott!

[Lucky]

Thank you kindly!

I was hoping something like this would have come out months ago.

[LanciaStratos]

BUG REPORT!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think my members have found a bug in this hack. I've got about 267 smilies on my forum, and my members like to leave the "Get More" window open so they don't have to keep reloading the window every time they post (with all 267 smilies on it). Of course, it works great for them the first time they use it, but when they attempt to click on a smilie to insert it in a another, new message, it wipes out their entire message! You can read the thread where my members reported it right here. Can anything be done about this?

[s.molinari]

Hello Lancia,

I just registered at your board and tried out the script as you remarked and I had no probs. Is this a general prob or just one with one user? If it is a general prob can you ask some of the users which Browser they are using?

Scott

[LanciaStratos]

Originally posted by s.molinari
Hello Lancia,

I just registered at your board and tried out the script as you remarked and I had no probs. Is this a general prob or just one with one user? If it is a general prob can you ask some of the users which Browser they are using?

Scott

Well, it's pretty much a general problem - I'm experiencing it myself with IE 5.5. Since you've registered (thanks!), to simulate the problem, do the following steps...
[list=1][*]Click on the reply button, like you're going to reply to a thread.[*]Open the "Get More" smilies window[*]Go back to the thread, and click on the reply button again[*]Now, type something in the message box[*]Try to insert a smilie by clicking on it in the "Get More" window that you opened earlier. You should then see that your message has been erased, and replaced by the smilie.[/list=1]