How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

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How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

April 30, 2016, 03:29:20 am

Hello!

People often abuse the quote-button, if they want to reply in a topic, because they are too lazy to scroll up or down to the normal reply-button.

This behavior is getting much better, if there is a reply-button in each post.

There is a quickbutton in the core-posts, wich allows you to reply:

Re: How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

Reply #1 – April 30, 2016, 03:29:57 am

I would like to add such a reply-quickbutton to the quickbuttons in the posts of a topic.

How can I do this?

It should look like this, the reply-button should be the first one there:

Re: How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

Reply #2 – April 30, 2016, 11:01:19 am

Maybe it should be changed somewhere here in Display.template.php?

Can I use (copy) the part with if ($context['can_quote'] to add a quickbutton for reply?

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	// Can the user quick modify the contents of this post?  Show the quick (inline) modify button.
		if ($message['can_modify'])
			echo '
							<li class="listlevel1 quick_edit" id="modify_button_', $message['id'], '" style="display: none"><a class="linklevel1 quick_edit" onclick="oQuickModify.modifyMsg(\'', $message['id'], '\')">', $txt['quick_edit'], '</a></li>';

		// Can they reply? Have they turned on quick reply?
		if ($context['can_quote'] && !empty($options['display_quick_reply']))
			echo '
							<li class="listlevel1">
								<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=post;quote=', $message['id'], ';topic=', $context['current_topic'], '.', $context['start'], ';last_msg=', $context['topic_last_message'], '" onclick="return oQuickReply.quote(', $message['id'], ');" class="linklevel1 quote_button">', $txt['quote'], '</a>
							</li>';

Re: How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

Reply #3 – April 30, 2016, 02:42:14 pm

Sorry, but I wasn't able to have a look at the code until now (actually now there is a storm going on, so the power could drop and I wouldn't be able to answer anyway

).

This would require a little addon to set the hook appropriately, though, let's do it quick&dirty for this time.
In Display.controller.php, around this line:

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		call_integration_hook('integrate_display_buttons');

Try adding:

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if ($context['can_reply'])
{
	$context['additional_quick_buttons']['msg_reply'] = array(
		'href' => $scripturl . '?action=post;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.' . $context['start'] . ';last_msg=' . $context['topic_last_message'],
		'text' => $txt['reply'],
	);
	if (!empty($options['display_quick_reply']))
	{
		addInlineJavascript('
			// Smooth scroll to top.
			$(".msg_reply").on("click", function(e) {
				e.preventDefault();
				// Move the view to the quick reply box.
				if (navigator.appName === \'Microsoft Internet Explorer\')
					window.location.hash = \'quickreply\';
				else
					window.location.hash = \'#\' + \'quickreply\';
				document.forms.postmodify.message.focus();
			});', true);
	}
}

Not really elegant, but should do the trick.
The only condition it is likely to fail is when the quick reply is collapsed (and now that I think about it, with the WYSIWYG it will not place the cursor properly, it requires some other trick).

Re: How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

Reply #4 – April 30, 2016, 04:22:59 pm

Why do you want to make your life harder? Just make it go into a new page in advanced mode, there is a mod that does exactly what I said for smf.

Re: How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

Reply #5 – May 01, 2016, 02:51:01 am

Thank you very much, Emanuele. This is completly different to the way I thought it could be done...

At the moment, I can't try your code...but I will.
I need a third forum, a place to play and for testing things like this.

Re: How to add the reply-button to the quickbuttons?

Reply #6 – May 01, 2016, 07:30:25 am

Quote from: Ruth – May 01, 2016, 02:51:01 amI need a third forum, a place to play and for testing things like this.

I suggest you to try in localhost, download and install WAMP or XAMPP then install a copy of elkarte, in this way you can make all the tests you want without breaking your online forum