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:

[EvilLS1]

LordJMann,
Looks nice. Added a link to your post in the first post of this thread.

[LordJMann]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Here you go.

Do your CSS settings look like these:

/* ***** define margin and font-size for elements inside panels ***** */
.fieldset { margin-bottom: 6px; }
.fieldset, .fieldset td, .fieldset p, .fieldset li { font-size: 11px; }

Are their any extra options in the fieldset CSS configuration box in the styles page as well?

Originally Posted by EviLS1

LordJMann,
Looks nice. Added a link to your post in the first post of this thread.

Thanks, glad I could help.

[Boofo]

No, it looks just like that. They are that way at vb.vom and here, too. I use IE, if that might be it.

[LordJMann]

Originally Posted by Boofo

No, it looks just like that. They are that way at vb.vom and here, too. I use IE, if that might be it.

Well, it isn't IE... I'm not sure how they are square, they were always square on my board... Though I don't remember changing them... Odd...

[Boofo]

Do you see them round here, too?

[LordJMann]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Do you see them round here, too?

Matter of fact I don't... Maybe it might be IE, are you running the latest version?

[The Watcher]

hello - how can i make the quickedit option availble to ...

:: members on thier posts
:: staff on ALL posts

Thanks - great hack thus far

[EvilLS1]

Originally Posted by The Watcher

hello - how can i make the quickedit option availble to ...

:: members on thier posts
:: staff on ALL posts

Thanks - great hack thus far

Look at the end of this post:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=10

[raxafarian]

Originally Posted by EvilLS1

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

How it works: In the bottom lefthand 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 small 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.

Very easy to install.. 2 file edits, 3 template edits, and 1 template to add.

Add Ons:
*Show the "edit reason" field in the Quick Edit form. (Requested by Convergys)
*Alternate Quickedit template (by LordJMann)

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

Screenshot attached:

Just installed this on RC4.

I installed the LordJMann version of the showthread_quickreply template.


Everything works good with IE, but when I use Firefox, the reply box pops up and then I go straight to an error page:

Not Found
The requested URL /forums/java_script_:return false; was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Again....this is using Firefox ver. 0.8

[LordJMann]

raxafarian,

I think this is the problem...

Change this:

<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>

To this:

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

I have also updated my post... Let me know if that works.