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SMF Development => Feature Requests => Applied or Declined Requests => Topic started by: klumy on October 12, 2003, 07:01:06 AM

Title: Link button
Post by: klumy on October 12, 2003, 07:01:06 AM
Hi,

How about a link button besides the quote button.

The link button, should give you the direct adress of the reply.
very useful like in Word Association thread. Enter the copied adress whill directly link you to post 532 in this thread.

If you want the adress you just copy the adress with the browser contextmenu

here is an example
http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=99759
the button is called (http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/images/eigenes/link_button.png)
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: bostasp on October 12, 2003, 07:06:21 AM
Which means, say if I find a reply to something interesting, I just hit the link button, copy the url and paste it to someone that that might like to read it?
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: Tyris on October 12, 2003, 07:13:27 AM
doesing the quote button provide a link to the original post already...?
I can see a link button being useful too tho...
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: klumy on October 12, 2003, 07:14:25 AM
The quote button is somethin like a java link and not a real URL link

javascript:void(0); if (self['doQuote'] && !currentSwap) doQuote(23224); else window.location.href = 'http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=post;quote=23224;threadid=2058/0;sesc=6d837b887eb1f0ee94adb769d19b47ba';
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: [Unknown] on October 12, 2003, 10:53:54 AM
Quote from: klumy on October 12, 2003, 07:14:25 AM
The quote button is somethin like a java link and not a real URL link

javascript:void(0); if (self['doQuote'] && !currentSwap) doQuote(23224); else window.location.href = 'http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=post;quote=23224;threadid=2058/0;sesc=6d837b887eb1f0ee94adb769d19b47ba';

True, but that's because you have quick reply on.  If you turn it off (and you're running beta 1... or beta 1a, not sure...) it becomes a regular link.

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Title: Re:Link button
Post by: klumy on October 12, 2003, 10:59:14 AM
making an extra button for it would be better I think. BEcause you can't know if the user use quickreply or not

or make a normal URL link with

« Reply #2 on: Today at 16:52:24 »
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: Gobalopper on October 12, 2003, 04:50:47 PM
Why not use the subject text for doing this?
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: [Unknown] on October 12, 2003, 05:13:06 PM
I just changed the Display template (in the cvs!) so that this happens. (the message icon and subject are both links to the post.)

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Title: Re:Link button
Post by: Gobalopper on October 12, 2003, 06:08:45 PM
Have you commited that yet? I don't see it. If you haven't done this already it might be useful to add a title="Link to this" or something similar so people know what it is for.
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: [Unknown] on October 12, 2003, 06:31:10 PM
Umm, actually it's just a link to the post - sorry, I was vague.  It's not a link to insert a link to the post or something.

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Title: Re:Link button
Post by: Gobalopper on October 12, 2003, 06:51:24 PM
Yep I know, but having some sort of title text would let people know what it is. It shouldn't say insert link but maybe perma-link or whatever they call it on blog sites.
Title: Re:Link button
Post by: [Unknown] on October 12, 2003, 06:56:08 PM
Clicking it will take you to the post, so "This post" might be better...

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Title: Re:Link button
Post by: klumy on October 13, 2003, 12:24:49 PM
I like the current solution. It works very well.
thanks ;)