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In my opinion, the Full Editor button on the default quick reply should be replaced with a Preview button. I don't see the reason someone would want to go to the full editor and not preview what they have written (honestly, that's usually the only reason I would switch between the two, since I memorized the bbcodes and smilies). Right now if I want to preview what I have in QR, I have to click Full Editor and then Preview. IMO, it would be best if we remove the Full Editor button and simply turn it into a Preview button.

The fix is quite simple and I put up the steps here. Note that I tested those steps a year and a half ago and haven't looked at them since then so it might need some changes. Also at the time I don't think I checked if there were any references to full editor (i.e. the language variable) that would need to be removed from the PHP side, beyond what I already did. EDIT: it will also need to be applied to subSilver2, which I left out of that post.

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+2.
That's also what most out there forums do. So... I agree that that should be the way to go.

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Yes please. It's pretty annoying IMO.

Next is an actual "quick" quick reply that won't require clicking on a button to use, just like subsilver2.
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+1

I'll take a look at this at some point unless you want to do it David?
DavidIQ wrote:Next is an actual "quick" quick reply that won't require clicking on a button to use, just like subsilver2.
Would need a new RFC unless this RFC is turned into 'Quick Reply Usability Improvements'?
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Unknown Bliss wrote:+1

I'll take a look at this at some point unless you want to do it David?
Well the changes are pretty much in the topic I linked (though it might be slightly different since I didn't actually fully test that, and it was code I wrote a year and a half ago, so I can't attest to its quality. Anyone's welcome to do it. Otherwise, I'll do it when I get around to it. Whoever does it, please create a ticket and post it here, as well as saying that you are working on it so no one else does.
DavidIQ wrote:Next is an actual "quick" quick reply that won't require clicking on a button to use, just like subsilver2.
RFC? :) I support it, but it's beyond this RFC's scope.
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imkingdavid wrote:In my opinion, the Full Editor button on the default quick reply should be replaced with a Preview button. I don't see the reason someone would want to go to the full editor and not preview what they have written (honestly, that's usually the only reason I would switch between the two, since I memorized the bbcodes and smilies). Right now if I want to preview what I have in QR, I have to click Full Editor and then Preview. IMO, it would be best if we remove the Full Editor button and simply turn it into a Preview button.

The fix is quite simple and I put up the steps here. Note that I tested those steps a year and a half ago and haven't looked at them since then so it might need some changes. Also at the time I don't think I checked if there were any references to full editor (i.e. the language variable) that would need to be removed from the PHP side, beyond what I already did. EDIT: it will also need to be applied to subSilver2, which I left out of that post.

Thoughts?
+1 :)

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shibulijack wrote:
imkingdavid wrote:In my opinion, the Full Editor button on the default quick reply should be replaced with a Preview button. I don't see the reason someone would want to go to the full editor and not preview what they have written (honestly, that's usually the only reason I would switch between the two, since I memorized the bbcodes and smilies). Right now if I want to preview what I have in QR, I have to click Full Editor and then Preview. IMO, it would be best if we remove the Full Editor button and simply turn it into a Preview button.

The fix is quite simple and I put up the steps here. Note that I tested those steps a year and a half ago and haven't looked at them since then so it might need some changes. Also at the time I don't think I checked if there were any references to full editor (i.e. the language variable) that would need to be removed from the PHP side, beyond what I already did. EDIT: it will also need to be applied to subSilver2, which I left out of that post.

Thoughts?
+1 :)
I don't think you should get rid of Full editor button so -1. I have, in the past wrote a reply in the quick reply and then decided I wanted to add things like smilies that I don't have memorized or BBCode memorized, so unless you would be including the full editor in the quick reply, -1 for removing the full editor button.

However a preview button would be nice.
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jsebean wrote:I don't think you should get rid of Full editor button so -1. I have, in the past wrote a reply in the quick reply and then decided I wanted to add things like smilies that I don't have memorized or BBCode memorized, so unless you would be including the full editor in the quick reply, -1 for removing the full editor button.

However a preview button would be nice.
Preview displays the full editor. It is exactly as if you press preview within the full editor.
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Until I can get logged into the tracker, I cannot create a ticket. However, I have applied and tested the changes to make this work. You can see them here: https://github.com/imkingdavid/phpbb3/c ... /qrpreview

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imkingdavid wrote:
jsebean wrote:I don't think you should get rid of Full editor button so -1. I have, in the past wrote a reply in the quick reply and then decided I wanted to add things like smilies that I don't have memorized or BBCode memorized, so unless you would be including the full editor in the quick reply, -1 for removing the full editor button.

However a preview button would be nice.
Preview displays the full editor. It is exactly as if you press preview within the full editor.
That is right isn't it lol my bad, +1 then.
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