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:

[Brad]

I love this modification, however most of my users are on IE 6 and there seems to be a bug with that browser. When IE loads the threads the javascript forces the browser to scroll to the right, you have to scroll back to the left to read the posts. The quick edit box is causing this (it expands to the right of the icon in ie)

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by Brad.loo

I love this modification, however most of my users are on IE 6 and there seems to be a bug with that browser. When IE loads the threads the javascript forces the browser to scroll to the right, you have to scroll back to the left to read the posts. The quick edit box is causing this (it expands to the right of the icon in ie)

Hmm.. Thats strange.. I also use IE 6.0 and am not having that problem.. Perhaps it happens when they're viewing threads in a browser window thats not maximized and the hidden Quick Edit form is actually a little wider than the post itself?

If thats the case, here's a couple of things you could try which might solve the problem:

In your showthread_quickedit template find:

<a href="javascript:return false;" onClick="toggleT('e$post[postid]','s');return false;"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickedit_icon.gif" alt="Quick Edit" border="0" /></a>

And replace it with:

<a href="javascript:return false;" onClick="toggleT('e$post[postid]','s');return false;"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickedit_icon.gif" alt="Quick Edit" border="0" /></a><br>

The added line break should make the quick edit form drop below the icon and all the way to the left of the table.

You could also change the width of the quick edit form so that its smaller.

[AshAbed]

Awesome hack, this was my first time trying to install a hack and it was simple, works great thanks

[The Keeper]

This hack apparently causes a bug in the PM system, though I don't see quite how.

Have a look here: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/bugs....iew&bugid=1707

[Boofo]

Put this in the postbit templates in place of $quickedit

<if condition="$post['pmid']==''">
$quickedit
</if>

[The Keeper]

Just checked, that's already there. Still no luck.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by The Keeper

Just checked, that's already there. Still no luck.

Are you using the multiple quote hack, by chance? And what version of vB3 are you running?

[EvilLS1]

The bug mentioned was due to the fact that the same postbit is also used for private messages.. You would only notice it if you sent a private message to yourself. The fix is exaclty as Boofo said.. The main file has been updated with it for several days now.

If you're using the Multi-Quote hack then thats the problem. Its not compatible with this one. What is the problem that you're having?

[The Keeper]

I'm not using multiquote hack, and if a user sends a PM to me, any user, I can't delete it. Same if I send a PM to a user, they can't delete it either.

[EvilLS1]

The Keeper,
In both of your postbit templates find:

$quickedit

And replace it with:

<if condition="$post['pmid']==""">
$quickedit
</if>

That will solve your problem. Make sure you do it in both the postbit and postbit_legacy templates.