Quick Reply Box (with Close/Open thread switch)

This hack will let your users post a Quick Reply, instead of going through the New Reply steps.
If you have permissions, it will show you a Close/Open Thread check box beside the Quick Reply. Also, the check box will show in New Thread, New Reply, New Post and Edit Post.

ESTIMATED INSTALL TIME: 10 minutes
REQUESTED BY: hellsatan
TESTED IN VERSION: 2.2.7

CREDITS: The hack includes one small code segment of FireFly's Quick Reply Box related to user permissions.
(9 lines of code)

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[KuraFire]

Oblivion: that's only the signature box thingy, which, yes, does not require file hacks.

[KuraFire]

I finished & released my hack, see my signature for the link :up:

[Mike Gaidin]

How can I make it so that if I hit the TAB on my keyboard it will tab to the GO button instead of the forum banner?

[KuraFire]

Put

tabindex="#"

in the <input type="submit" ..> code in the template. And replace # with the number one higher than the tabindex of your Textarea field.

[Doubledoom]

I had some people at the board complaing they were getting errors with this quick reply box when i wasnt.

Turned out that if you have scipt debugging enabled, it reports that the script is bad. If you dont have debugging enabled, it appears to work fine.

Unfortunatly, i dont know how much about scripts so cant post any help

[Doubledoom]

OK, here is the script fix:

In showthread_replybox, a whole chunk of code is missing.

You need to add this at the top:

<script language="javascript">
<!--
var postmaxchars = $postmaxchars;
function validate(theform) {
	if (theform.message.value=="") {
		alert("Please complete the message field.");
		return false; }
	if (postmaxchars != 0) {
		if (theform.message.value.length > $postmaxchars) {
			alert("Your message is too long.\n\nReduce your message to $postmaxchars characters.\nIt is currently "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long.");
			return false; }
		else { return true; }
	} else { return true; }
}
function checklength(theform) {
	if (postmaxchars != 0) { message = "\nThe maximum permitted length is $postmaxchars characters."; }
	else { message = ""; }
	alert("Your message is "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long."+message);
}
//-->
</script>

This will stop those with script debug turned on from getting errors on pressing the go button

[L-Mane]

I use 2.30 and well it works fine except

Quick Reply:

Close This Thread

won't show up unless you highlight it.

Also when I goto edit post the delete post is already checked and if I do try to delete it says that I chose not to delete.

[AllMadden.net]

I installed it and it works great...BUT the background of the box is GREEN! How do I change the color? It doesn't mesh all that well with my grey background board

[AllMadden.net]

Never mind...figured out that it was the spaces making it do that...

great hack...

However...I don't have a close thread check box...any idea why? I thought this hack was supposed to put that in there

[AllMadden.net]

02-03-03 at 04:48 AM KuraFire said this in Post #94
Put

tabindex="#"

in the <input type="submit" ..> code in the template. And replace # with the number one higher than the tabindex of your Textarea field.

Which template is that info in? I can't seem to find it...

edit...Never mind...found it...