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Help Tips for toolbar buttons on the Post Editor

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FaithlessThinker

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Is it possible to have help tips shown on the post editor to guide newbies and even veterans who just couldn't figure it out? The tips are to appear when one places the mouse pointer on buttons in the toolbar. Examples would be as follows:

lortipinposteditor.png


The arrow I used in the youtube tip is → if you want to copy it. I also tried ► but it didn't look as nice.

PS: Also I would like to see a ShowMoreMsg button.. with tip of course.
 
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It should have been doing something similar all along but something was wrong with the script.

I've fixed it now :)
 
arg-fallbackName="FaithlessThinker"/>
Cool! It works now.

Although I'd suggest the List and List= buttons to show
Code: 
[list] [*] Item1 [*] Item2 [/list]
[list=] [*] Item1 [*] Item2 [/list]
to be clearer about how the items in a list should be entered.

But more importantly, the Youtube button could show:
Code: 
Insert video: [Youtube]0J5esUT-yKs[/Youtube] instead of http://www.youtube.com?v=0J5esUT-yKs
to be more obvious where the video ID should come from.
 
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I also noticed an error. While this:
Code: 
[list][*]Item1[*]Item2[/list]
gives:
  • Item1
  • Item2
this:
Code: 
[list=][*]Item1[*]Item2[/list]
doesn't parse properly. This:
Code: 
[list=][*]Item1[*]Item2[/list=]
also doesn't work.
 
arg-fallbackName="CosmicSpork"/>
The list= thing isn't an error, it's just not explained properly. General rule is, if there is a = then you have to add something. I've changed the tip to explain it and as an example:
Code: 
<i>
</i>[list=a]
[*] Item 1
[*] Item 2
[/list]
  • Item 1
  • Item 2
Code: 
<i>
</i>[list=1]
[*] Item 1
[*] Item 2
[/list]
  1. Item 1
  2. Item 2
I've done the YouTube tip change as suggested also.

If when posting you see the bit that says "BBCode is ON", click the word BBCode and it'll take you here:

http://www.leagueofreason.org.uk/faq.php?mode=bbcode
 
arg-fallbackName="FaithlessThinker"/>
Thanks CS! Now it's better. And thanks for the correction. :)

I wanna suggest more but I'm afraid of annoying you. :|

PS: What about a ShowMoreMsg button?
 
arg-fallbackName="CosmicSpork"/>
If you mean the tips, it could be your browser caching the javascript file.

Try holding CTRL and clicking reload/refresh or press F5
 
arg-fallbackName="FaithlessThinker"/>
borrofburi said:
The list explanation has a "}" where there should be a "]"
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CosmicSpork meant it as a placeholder for 1 and a. He should have put an X instead, like:
Code: 
Ordered list: [list=X][*]item 1 [*]item 2[/list] - [list=1] for numbers, [list=a] for letters
Also, when someone clicks the List= button, the default should be 1 since using numbers for an ordered list is a more common practice. (The current default is blank, requiring the user to enter the appropriate choice.)
 
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CosmicSpork said:
There, sorted...
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Nice! Thanks CS. I can't stop moving my mouse on those buttons :D

Anyway I think you can remove the QSA and QSV buttons as the website QuestionScience.com does not exist any more. (Perhaps replace them with a ShowMoreMsg button :))

Thanks again CS!
 
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Lol I wasn't so sure so I just threw in a sorry. Ok i'll take it back.
[showmore=Im gonna edit previous post]Never mind, too lazy to edit it.[/showmore]
Anyway this thread can now be locked :D
 
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