Message Area Width

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Changing the style var will change the messagearea width for all your areas with a messagearea on it. Yes, I have had issues with setting the width as I would get different widths in different browsers and such. I was albel to get it right without using the built in text editor but thats not what I wanted.

Did you make the plugin for it too to hook the hook?

I'm not using a plugin for this at the moment, although I may change to that in the future (when i learn how) now that I've got it mostly working, I'm using a seperate php page that uses the vbulletin templates and database with the built in editor to edit each part.

It's mainly the width of the editor that is holding me back now, My style is not fixed width so I want the message area to reflect that....

I can change the "message width" style for each form that I wish to display, but can only make it a fixed width, not dynamic with percentages....and I don't want to edit the main template style as you mentioned, it will change all forms to change.

I can change it for each form to a fixed width using the code below.

PHP Code:

  $article["message"] = 'Enter your first step here';
  $stylevar['messagewidth'] = '750px';
  $show['wysiwyg'] = ($setting['allow_bbcode'] ? is_wysiwyg_compatible() : 0);
  $istyles_js = construct_editor_styles_js();
  $show['qr_require_click'] = 0;
  $editorid = construct_edit_toolbar($article["message"], 0, '', ($setting['allow_smilies'] ? 1 : 0), 1, false, 'fe');
  $messagearea = "
      <script type=\"text/javascript\">
      <!--
       var require_click = false;
       var threaded_mode = 1;
       var is_last_page = false;
      // -->
      </script>
      $messagearea
  ";