Show Thread Enhancements - Quick Quote for Quick Reply

=Quick Quote for Quick Reply=

What does it do?
I was unsatisfied with the new multiquote addition to vBulletin and was wanting a truly quick and easy quoting method, primarily one that worked with Quick Reply since the others are quite workable.

So this is what I came up with. It's used simply by highlighting a post's text with your mouse. The highlighted text is transferred to Quick Reply as a formatted quote. To clear the highlighted text, click OUTSIDE the currently highlighted area or it'll add the quote again. So if you want to quote multiple posts (especially parts of multiple posts) instead of faffing around with quote or multiquote you just go down the page highlighting each bit of text you want to quote. Much better!

I wrote it for my own forum which unfortunately isn't open yet so you can't try before you buy, but you can get an idea from the screenshot.


Instructions
Upload quickquote.js to your forum's clientscript folder.

Go to AdminCP > Style Manager > Edit Templates and...
Open the SHOWTHREAD template:
FIND:

</head>

ADD ABOVE:

<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/quickquote.js"></script>

Open the POSTBIT template:
FIND:

<div id="post_message_$post[postid]">
$post[message]
</div>

REPLACE WITH:

<div id="post_message_$post[postid]" onmouseup="quickquote('$post[musername]', '$post[postid]');">
$post[message]
</div>

That's it!


Notes:
- Does NOT work with the WYSIWYG quick reply editor. Same problem I had with another modification, I still can't for the life of me work out how to get text to transfer to it. Offers of a solution most welcome.

[alessai]

hmmmmm, so if we highlighted any text while reading the thred it will quote it automaticalley ?

[Sofia]

Thanks for this hack, i will test it

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by alessai

hmmmmm, so if we highlighted any text while reading the thred it will quote it automaticalley ?

That would be correct, yes.

[TheBlackPoet]

it sounds like a good one.. a really cool one..., but its didnt work for me... but i will be watching for this one....

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by TheBlackPoet

it sounds like a good one.. a really cool one..., but its didnt work for me... but i will be watching for this one....

Are you using the WYSIWYG editor? It won't work with that, but it will work with the other types.

[Milad]

I think it's better to add a click-able link per post, on clicking that link the highlighted text will be quoted.

[subnet_rx]

Originally Posted by Milad

I think it's better to add a click-able link per post, on clicking that link the highlighted text will be quoted.

I agree, and you've got to get it working in a WYSIWYG. Then this would be a great hack to have. I constantly find myself having to highlight parts of a huge post or deleting large chunks to reply to what I'd like to discuss.

[aggiefan]

i agree... we use wysiwyg and would like to have this hack....

[aveon]

i didnt eve get what this is for can u give lil bit more detail