Show Thread Enhancements - Bring Back "Go" Button for VB4 by BOP5 (Forum Jump/Quick Navigation menu)

Demo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLLceMb604

This mod simply brings back the "Go" button that was removed from the "Quick Navigation" AKA "Forum Jump" menu.



VB3 already has the "Go" button but when it was removed from VB4 it has added an extra click for users who want to simply "jump" back to the forum they came from.

There are no settings, just install the mod and it will work.

If you have a heavily customized style, specifically a custom forumjump template there is a manual template edit you can make below. THIS IS ONLY NECESSARY IF THE MOD DOESN'T WORK, TRY IT FIRST.

The "Go" button only appears when viewing a thread or viewing a forum (showthread or forumdisplay) because those are the only places it makes sense to have it.

Full instructions in zip file but it's just 1 product to upload- nothing else to do or set.

This should work on all versions of 4.0.x/4.1.x - it has been tested on 4.0.8.

Please Mark As Installed If You Use This.


Manual Template Edit- Not usually needed:

Edit the forumjump template:

In Admin CP -> Style Manager ->[Choose Your Template] -> Edit Templates -> forumjump

Find the line (or something similar too):

<a href="{vb:raw navpopup.link}" class="popupctrl"><span class="ctrlcontainer">{vb:raw navpopup.title}</span></a>

Below it Add:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT=='showthread' OR THIS_SCRIPT=='forumdisplay'"><a href="forumdisplay.php?f={vb:raw goforum}" class="textcontrol" onclick="document.location='forumdisplay.php?f={vb:raw goforum}';return false;">Go</a></vb:if>

Save Changes... Repeat for all styles you use. (The mod still needs to be installed for this to work.)

[Habsy]

You are the man!

Just what I needed. Many users thank you.

[mradlin]

Installed, working great.

Thanks

[prophetmuhammad]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

my forumites have been crying like little shets ever since I installed vB4!!!!!!!

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by prophetmuhammad

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

my forumites have been crying like little shets ever since I installed vB4!!!!!!!

You're welcome. Please "mark as installed" - thanks.

[vegaboy]

Installed........thank you.

[Successfulsteps]

Tagged, will install this later

[tommythejoat]

My partner installed this on our forums and it is great. :up: As a minor style issue, I wish it were closer to the forum jump box like the old one was. The very small gap made it clear that it was related to the forum jump.

As a remark on how this works. Since it puts the current forum in the forum jump window, so the impression is that one cannot click on the current entry in the window since it is already selected. Of course the Go button makes it very natural once the user figures out that it means go to the thing just to the left. That is easier for them to pick up if the spacing is distorted by making it smaller.

[BirdOPrey5]

Is your button further away than mine?
Example: http://www.qapla.com/mods/forumdispl...18-Qapla-Demos

That's the same distance within a pixel or two as on my 3.8 forum.

If yours is further away it must be some style issue.

[Trevor Matthews]

I saw this earlier and thought how useful it would be but having recently upgraded to 4.1.10 I don't seem to have the Quick Nav menu at the bottom of the pages.

Is this something I can enable?

Just found it in the ACP Options.

Will try the mod in the morning.

[Trevor Matthews]

Installed and working perfectly....

Message for vb.org staff.

I am getting a message saying "I do not have permission to perform this action" when trying to mark any thread as Installed or Un-Installed.