Adding Buttons for BBCode-Solved

[TigerC10]

This thread has a nice tutorial for adding bbCode buttons to your advanced editor. To add buttons to the quick reply, use the same tutorial except edit the showthread_quickreply template instead of the editor_toolbar_on template.

Read the article before viewing my alteration mentioned below.

However, instead of adding (just to be clear, do NOT add this) from the tutorial

[S]case 'BBCODE':[/S]
{
	[S]useoption = true;[/S]
}

for a bbCode that has options, simply use the same code for a bbcode that has no options (with one slight alteration):

<td><div class="imagebutton" id="{$editorid}_cmd_wrap1_BBCODE"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_editor]/YOURBUTTONIMAGE" width="21" height="20" alt="$vbphrase[YOURALTPHRASE]" /></div></td>

Changing the 0 (from the code in the tutorial) to a 1 will initiate a prompt to ask for the option value of the bbCode.

This works for bbCode that depends on a hook, too. All you need to do is chage the red BBCODE to the actual value of the bbCode... Say your hook defined bbCode is "[video][/video]" - then just put the word video in place of BBCODE in the sample code above.

As for more dynamic things (like a color picker drop down menu), I'm still not sure how to go about that. It would probably involve editing the /clientscript/vbulletin_textedit.js file. If you find out how to do it without altering the .js file , let me know - If I find out I'll post how.