New vbcode.js - vBcode and smilie user interface improvement

Hello vB Troopers,

With special permission from the Dev Team I am proud to release an improved version of vbcode.js. Any usage of this script other than in licensed vBulletin driven Boards is a direct violation of Jelsoft copyrights. Any violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law!

One MAJOR Improvement(note: only works with IE, NS users are out o luck! But who uses NS anyway?)

vBcode and smilies will be inserted wherever the cursor is instead of at the end of the text.

Installation
Copy the new vbcode.js file over your old one(see "Another small note" below). If you'd like to keep the old file just rename it before copying the new one.

You need to add the following text to the "message" textarea tag:

onChange=getActiveText(this) onclick=getActiveText(this)

It should basically look similiar to this:

<textarea name="message" rows="20" cols="$textareacols" wrap="virtual" tabindex="2" 
onChange=getActiveText(this) onclick=getActiveText(this) >$message</textarea>

Please note: The variable($message) may be different in some templates, editpost for example, so make sure to keep the original variable in the textarea attribute "name =". Otherwise the text may be missing in some instances.

This textarea can be found in the following templates:

Calendar Templates

calendar_enterevent

New Posting Templates

newreply

newthread

Private Messaging Templates

priv_forwardmultiple

priv_sendprivmsg

priv_sendtobuddies

and the editpost template

additional template changes

In the vbcode_popup_smilies template you must delete the following code:

<script language="JavaScript">
function smilie(smilietext) {
        opener.document.vbform.message.value += smilietext+" ";
        //opener.vbform.message.focus();
}
</script>

In the vbcode__popup_smiliebits template you must change:

<a href="javascript:smilie('$smilie[text]')">

to:

<a href="javascript:opener.smilie('$smilie[text]')">

small note:If you use the above code pleas omit the space between java and script.


If these changes aren't made the new script WILL NOT WORK!

I hope to hear from those who use it, and please let me know if you find a bug.


vB.org is using this hack. Try it out!

Scott

Latest release date: 20.04.2002
Any version older than this should be updated.

[punkbull]

If I install this hack, will my Netscape users still be able to use the smilies normally?

[LanciaStratos]

Working perfect on 2.2.0! Great hack, thanks s.molinari!

[LuBi]

When i try to edit a post, the body part where I would edit the text posted is blank now?

[DarkReaper]

Originally posted by FireFly
Ok, let's see how this works here.

PHP Code:

<?php
echo "This is working good.";
?>

LOL!

[LuBi]

I still need help with this code. After I installed it when members would go to edit a post the body where their text was is blank. Can anyone help me out my members are bothered by it big time mad emails

[JJR512]

Did you correctly make the necessary changes to the editpost template?

[LuBi]

Well I'll re-install and go over everything again. thanks

[TheUnforgiven]

*bump* hehe i just needed this hack...

[Mutt]

Hey everyone. I just installed this at
CCDV.com and love it, but it's missing something. when you highligh text in normal mode it correctly grabs the text and sticks in in the popup then inserts the vbcode around the text, but when in enhanced mode, the highlighted text gets lost. this is a problem

I wrote the original UBB Code buttons hack back in the day which was later used by the vb team to build these great vbcode buttons. (hey vb team, great job by the way. your code is damn pretty compared to my old messy code.) I was disappointed to see that the vbcode buttons were missing the cursor possition and highlighted text enhancements so it's great to see this addon hack.

real quick, I got a fix for this and wanted to share.

here are 2 new functions. replace the ones in this hack with these new functions and it will work.

code removed due to some error. I reposted it on the next page as an txt attachment and that code works fine.

now when in enhance mode, if you highlight some text and hit any of the top row vbcode buttons or dropdowns and the text will get surrounded by the begining and ending vbcode tags. the bottom row buttons will still open prompts.


I hope it isn't a problem for me posting this code. if this is some copyright violation or something, feel free to delete.

[JJR512]

I tried your replacements, Mutt, and what happens to me now is that in enhanced mode, if I select some text and hit a button, the text is replaced by the opening tag, not surrounded by the opening and closing tags.