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I have implemented most of the requested features and I have made the whole thing dramatically more cross browser compatible.
I still have a couple of features to implement and compatibility issues to work out, but I thought I would post the most recent version for everybody to look over and shake down while I finish up.
If you find anything that you think it needs, anything you think doesn't work right, or if you just have a comment about it please post it in this thread. I will keep an eye on it and track any issues that come up.
http://www.jystad.net/replytoolbar.htm [new window]
Jason Jystad
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I see you fixed the caret position problem. You should keep a revision history also so we can see all the features and test them.
A combo with fonts will be cool also.
Best regards,
Alexandru Savescu
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Alexpro wrote:
You should keep a revision history also so we can see all the features and test them.
I wanted to do that, I just didn't have the time to type one up. I will do it soon. Work is just crazy right now. 
Alexpro wrote:
A combo with fonts will be cool also.
I thought about that, but I came up with so many complications that I havn't done anything with it yet. I'll keep trying to see if I can come up with a way to do it.
Now, back to work.
Jason Jystad
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Also a combo of text colors is useful 
Best regards,
Alexandru Savescu
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You are specifically trying to come up with features that are a pain in the arse to implement in a web UI aren't you? 
I'll add it to the list though. 
Jason Jystad
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and a spell checker - we need a javascript spell checker in it that is less than 20Kb, cross browser and will fix all my spelling mistakes automatically.
Mwahaha. Ah - the joy of being on the other side of the fence 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
Ah - the joy of being on the other side of the fence
Have you considered having a regular coding competition, the goal being to enhance CP? This month the 20k spell checker, next the post ticker, after that Mozilla-friendly forum code...
---Shog9---
From now on we can call C# and MC++ "The square wheel languages" -- Jack Handy, The Lounge
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Absolutely! I actually was planning on doing this with the ASP.NET version (which keeps getting pushed back because of a poor planning decision by the guy who decided how many hours in the day there'd be)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Must... Control... Fist... of... Death... 
Actually at one point I was going to try and plug into ASpell with JavaScript, but I never got anywhere with it. 
Jason Jystad
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talking of the fist of death and all
how about a random cool sig featur
along with a random funny joke of the day
"... and so i said to him ... if it don't dance (or code) and you can't eat it either f**k it or throw it away"
sonork: 100.18128 8028finder.com
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et tu lauren?
Jason Jystad
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Lookin' good... 
---Shog9---
From now on we can call C# and MC++ "The square wheel languages" -- Jack Handy, The Lounge
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sweet
The ants are my friends. They're blowing in the wind.
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Thanks!
I am really glad everybody seems to like it so much. I hope Chris goes for it! :crosses fingers:
Jason Jystad
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Wow! That looks *really* nice! One little improvement might be to presearve selection after using one of the formatting buttons; not sure how difficult that would be.
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From now on we can call C# and MC++ "The square wheel languages" -- Jack Handy, The Lounge
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Yes, this is another feature that is on my list of to-dos. I am pretty sure I know how to do this, but I didn't want to spend the time until Chris gave it a yay or nay.
If Chris decides to use it in one form or another, I have a list of features I will implement to make the whole system smoother than this prototype.
I am glad you like it.
Jason Jystad
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Actually, I went out to the prototype page and re-tested it. I wanted to make sure that I was correctly remembering what it presently did.
What it does now is highlight the selection AND the newly inserted tag(s). Is this what you mean, or did you have some other behaviour in mind? If you wanted a different behaviour, please describe it to me so I can include it on my list correctly.
(Remember that the full functionality of this prototype is limited to IE 4.x+ on Win32 platforms. I will be doing the cross-browser mods if Chris chooses to implement this.)
Thanks for the suggestions!
Jason Jystad
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Jason Jystad wrote:
What it does now is highlight the selection AND the newly inserted tag(s).
That is what i meant; but it doesn't work for me 
I'm using IE 6.0.26 on Win2k; i'll try it on WinXP when i get home.
---Shog4---
From now on we can call C# and MC++ "The square wheel languages" -- Jack Handy, The Lounge
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Really!!?!
I am using IE 6.0.26 on Win2k Pro here and it works flawlessly. What does it do on yours?
Jason Jystad
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I went back and tried it again; you are correct, it does select the text + tags correctly - but it sometimes does not show the selection!
When i select text with the keyboard, everything is good, after i press one of the buttons it will display the new selection and the edit box will have focus.
But if i select text using the mouse, and then click one of the buttons, the box has focus, but the selection is not visible, and the cursor is gone. The only way i can tell it is selected is to type something (since that deletes the selection) or hold down shift and move the mouse (since that extends the selection).
It is very strange... But at least it works via the keyboard 
---Shog2---
From now on we can call C# and MC++ "The square wheel languages" -- Jack Handy, The Lounge
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Great hopping horney toads!!!!
I guess I have my first bug report. I will use it to create my first entry in a new list.
*sigh*
Jason Jystad
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Ok, I just tested this from my end and it get even weirder. I get the same results you do, which is weird enough, but I also noticed that if you use the mouse to select a word by double clicking the word then it works perfectly. The tags are inserted and the whole thing is selected and shown.
So the only way it doesn't show the highlighed selection is if you actually click and drag to highlight the initial selection. This is too damn weird. 
I will work on this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Shog.
Jason Jystad
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OK, I took a swing at fixing it. No good. I think it may be some kind of screwy IE bug. Let me know how XP handles it. I'll try it on IE 5.5 when I get home.
Jason Jystad
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It acts the same on WinXP; must be a IE6 problem. Good luck tracking it down
---Shog9---
From now on we can call C# and MC++ "The square wheel languages" -- Jack Handy, The Lounge
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