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Selective Quote - Vegas - Nov 30, 2015
I don't know that this would be very easy to do, but it would make our editing for the HFNT a bit faster.
Let's say I'm proofreading a giant news post before it is compiled.
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But I only want to quote a small part of it at a time as I proofread and edit each part of it.
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It would be nice to be able to select/highlight a section of the post and have only that field rendered as the quote when the quote button is clicked.
Sort of a low priority suggestion but out of curiosity, would this be a very difficult userscript project?
* - Optimized - Nov 30, 2015
I would like the feature too.
Strongly agree with it, but I think if it was implemented it'd be quite difficult to use... what i do is just
copy paste the text i want and
Quote:
it
Although this would b great.
* - Vegas - Nov 30, 2015
Yeah, it really isn't that hard to do it as it is, I was just looking for some perspective on what sort of userscript project it would entail. If it wasn't something crazy maybe I could even try making it, I just don't know anything about userscripts really.
* - Cooligan - Nov 30, 2015
So sort of how XenForo's system operates?
You can simply highlight any text in a quote and a little button will pop up saying 'Quote Selected Text' or something along the lines of that.
I'd love to see this implemented though it's not a necessity so I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.
* - Vegas - Nov 30, 2015
(Nov 30, 2015 12:19 PM)Cooligan Wrote: So sort of how XenForo's system operates?
You can simply highlight any text in a quote and a little button will pop up saying 'Quote Selected Text' or something along the lines of that.
I'd love to see this implemented though it's not a necessity so I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.
Precisely what I mean, yes. From my brief google adventure I've gathered XenForo is a forum architecture like MyBB or Invision, yes?
* - Hash G. - Nov 30, 2015
(Nov 30, 2015 03:29 PM)Vegas Wrote: Precisely what I mean, yes. From my brief google adventure I've gathered XenForo is a forum architecture like MyBB or Invision, yes?
Exactly what XenForo is indeed. I juste checked the MyBB 1.8 changelog as Omni planned the upgrade but it's not there.
I'll try to make a userscript for this, can't promise anything though. I'll keep you updated.
* - Vegas - Nov 30, 2015
(Nov 30, 2015 04:14 PM)Hash G. Wrote: Exactly what XenForo is indeed. I juste checked the MyBB 1.8 changelog as Omni planned the upgrade but it's not there.
I'll try to make a userscript for this, can't promise anything though. I'll keep you updated.
I'll start making you a Christmas drawing for my impending gratitude.
* - Wires - Dec 1, 2015
This would be a great addition. IMO it's pretty annoying when proofreading and editing. Not sure how this would be implemented though. I usually proofread the whole thing first before going back and then quoting which is just pretty long.
* - Vegas - Dec 1, 2015
(Dec 1, 2015 03:57 PM)xadamxk Wrote: Just make a new button like MultiQuote but call it "Selective Quote".
When it's clicked, it's toggled ON.
When ON, user selects portion of post.
User turns off SelectiveQuote.
Once turned off, the post is quoted like normal.
Except the script scans the quoted text and removes everything that wasn't highlighted.
The only issues with this concept would be if you quoted a bullet point [*] and the
- didn't come before the bullet.
Edit: that's my concept for a userscript.
I just don't know what's possible using JS.
You're right actually, bbcode wouldn't be visible at surface level and that's a new issue in itself. Hmm..
* - Hash G. - Dec 2, 2015
(Dec 1, 2015 03:57 PM)xadamxk Wrote: Just make a new button like MultiQuote but call it "Selective Quote".Just a simple "Quote Selected Text" button would be easier.
When it's clicked, it's toggled ON.
When ON, user selects portion of post.
User turns off SelectiveQuote.
(Dec 1, 2015 04:57 PM)xadamxk Wrote: You'd just have to parse the code like you would with an HTML page.Indeed. I need to find out a few things again on how HF use exactly HTML to be sure it works on all case.
Looks like I just quoted all this. It's working. (Click to View)
Download : [Userscript] SelectiveQuote - Quote the selected text by Hash G.
* - Wires - Dec 2, 2015
(Dec 2, 2015 04:30 AM)Hash G. Wrote: Just a simple "Quote Selected Text" button would be easier.
Indeed. I need to find out a few things again on how HF use exactly HTML to be sure it works on all case.
Looks like I just quoted all this. It's working. (Click to View)
Download : [Userscript] SelectiveQuote - Quote the selected text by Hash G.
You sir, are brilliant. Will come in handy.