Quick Edit! -Edit posts directly from within the thread itself

This hack will allow your users to edit their posts without having to load the editpost page..

How it works: In the bottom right-hand corner of all your posts will be a small Quick Edit icon (users will only see it in posts which belong to them).. When you click it a text box will drop down below your post allowing you to edit it instantly in the thread itself.

This will save you a lot of time when fixing those spelling mistakes, typos, or broken links. It should also help save on bandwidth since your users will no longer need to load the editpost page.

Very easy to install.. 2 file edits, 2 template edits, and 1 template to add.

Known bug: Quick Edit will NOT work with Opera web browsers. Those who use Opera simply won't see the option to quick edit (icon will be invisible when viewed in that browser). It'll work fine in other browsers such as IE or firefox.

Support: Due to work my time is limited as of late so this hack is released AS IS with no support. However, several questions have already been answered in this thread.

Update (7-25-04): Fixed a minor bug with the QE window moving further to the left with each click in mozilla/firefox browsers. To update simply replace your showthread_quickedit template with the new one. Thanks to sv1cec for this bug fix.

Add Ons:
*Show the "delete post" option for those who have permission in the Quick Edit form (also adds edit reason). (by sv1cec)
*Show the "edit reason" field in the Quick Edit form. (Requested by Convergys)
*Alternate Quickedit icon image (by ryancooper)
*Another alternate Quickedit icon (by sv1cec)
*Another alternate Quickedit icon (by charlesk)
*Yet another alternate Quickedit icon (by iguanairs)
*Give users the option to disable quick edit in the usercp (by pco)



If you find this hack useful please click the install button.

Screenshot attached:

[Matrixgl]

Originally Posted by EvilLS1

Has to be conflicting with another hack as several people (including me) have Quick Edit working with vb 3.0.1. I registered on your board to test it for myself but it appears that you've removed it.

Yeah, just enabled it. I'd be really glad if you check it out

Use this url: (only this style has quick reply)
http://www.randomforum.com/forums/index.php?styleid=30

Edit:
FIxed......long ago I think I've put in the button in the style, and didnt take it off. Now the other day when I added the same button again, the second button wouldnt function but the first one would (which slipped my eyes)....now I took out the first one and the second one works just fine

Great hack, thank you very much for helping

[BlasterT3]

Quick edit is giving me problems

Im running vb3.0.6 fyi

Look @ the 3 steps to see my problem

http://teletran3.net/blaster/Screen_...dit_step_1.gif

http://teletran3.net/blaster/Screen_...dit_step_2.gif

http://teletran3.net/blaster/Screen_...dit_step_3.gif

as you can see the post i edit goes up to the top and becomes a guest post. It does not do this when i do a regular edit.

thanks in advance for the help

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by BlasterT3

Quick edit is giving me problems

Im running vb3.0.6 fyi

Look @ the 3 steps to see my problem

http://teletran3.net/blaster/Screen_...dit_step_1.gif

http://teletran3.net/blaster/Screen_...dit_step_2.gif

http://teletran3.net/blaster/Screen_...dit_step_3.gif

as you can see the post i edit goes up to the top and becomes a guest post. It does not do this when i do a regular edit.

thanks in advance for the help

Do you also have the "Advanced editing options for mods and admins" hack installed? If so, these hacks don't play nice together.. The problem you're describing sounds like this may be the case.
Someone posted a fix in the other hack thread but I dunno if it works or not b/c I don't use that hack. Here's the link:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=110

If you're not using that hack then something may have changed in 3.0.6 and Quick Edit may no longer be compatible.

Does anyone else have this working on 3.0.6?

[BlasterT3]

Originally Posted by EvilLS1

Do you also have the "Advanced editing options for mods and admins" hack installed? If so, these hacks don't play nice together.. The problem you're describing sounds like this may be the case.
Someone posted a fix in the other hack thread but I dunno if it works or not b/c I don't use that hack. Here's the link:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=110

If you're not using that hack then something may have changed in 3.0.6 and Quick Edit may no longer be compatible.

Does anyone else have this working on 3.0.6?

thankyou VERY much. this hack now works on vb 3.0.6.

as for 3.0.6. the functions_showthread.php mod is a little different then the instructions say but its easy to figure out

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by BlasterT3

thankyou VERY much. this hack now works on vb 3.0.6.

Thanks for verifying that it works on 3.0.6.

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by BlasterT3

as for 3.0.6. the functions_showthread.php mod is a little different then the instructions say but its easy to figure out

Thanks for letting me know. I updated the instructions so that its easy to find.

[BaconDelight]

Hi. first, after reading through all of this, great work by EviLS1 and everyone else on keeping this thing up to date!

I'm planning on installing this hack on my test board tonight (after upgrading to 3.0.6 which I haven't gotten around to doing even though my live board has been). My question is, what is and what isn't in the updated instructions available in the original post? There have been so many tweaks through this thread that I got lost. If I followed correctly, if I follow the instructions as written, I shouldn't run into any known issues (at least ones that were known and have been resolved), and the only features missing will be the delete option and the ability for Admins/Mods to quick edit everyone's post (which I don't want anyway), right? What about the signature check box? Has that been fully updated in the instructions.

Basically I'm asking, should following the instructions get the hack working without having to comb through the thread finding little fixes here and there?

[BlasterT3]

Originally Posted by BaconDelight

Hi. first, after reading through all of this, great work by EviLS1 and everyone else on keeping this thing up to date!

I'm planning on installing this hack on my test board tonight (after upgrading to 3.0.6 which I haven't gotten around to doing even though my live board has been). My question is, what is and what isn't in the updated instructions available in the original post? There have been so many tweaks through this thread that I got lost. If I followed correctly, if I follow the instructions as written, I shouldn't run into any known issues (at least ones that were known and have been resolved), and the only features missing will be the delete option and the ability for Admins/Mods to quick edit everyone's post (which I don't want anyway), right? What about the signature check box? Has that been fully updated in the instructions.

Basically I'm asking, should following the instructions get the hack working without having to comb through the thread finding little fixes here and there?

everything has been updated for vb 3.0.6 as stated in the post above yours. this should go flawless for you

[catocom2]

yep I just re-installed it on 3.0.6, and it works great, even with the multiquote hack.
I think there is a little bit of code change where it say to look, but you should be able
to figure it out.

[BaconDelight]

Thanks! Installed and working. Just want to note, the code that you point to to find for the "Reason for editing" add-on appears to have changed from using <td> to <div>, and the dimensions have changed. So it took a little to find that bit of code. It's in post #30 if you care to update it.