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New vBulletin Message Editor for 3.5
One of the features we have been working on for a while now is a completely revamped message editor for vBulletin 3.5.
The new editor is in some ways far simpler than the old one, in that it uses exactly the same HTML for both WYSIWYG and Standard modes, and yet it harbours far more power.
Your window resize choices (using the
and 
controls) are now remembered, and WYSIWYG-compatible browsers can now switch live between WYSIWYG and Standard modes using AJAX, interpretting all formatting correctly while switching without refreshing the page.
Standard mode support is also improved by retaining selection choices after formatting. Previously if you selected a word and wrapped it in [b] tags, you would have had to select the word again before applying further formatting. With the new editor you can select the word and bash out [b] [i] [u] with the formatting buttons and never have to do any re-selecting of text.
Standard mode also now benefits from a new undo/redo system (for those who can't manage ctrl+z, ctrl+shift+z), and the ability to remove formatting in the same way as the WYSIWYG editor can by selecting some text and hitting the remove formatting button.
Also new for standard mode is the new list editor, designed to work as much like WYSIWYG mode as possible. In IE6, Mozilla, Camino or Opera 8 you can simply select paragraphs of text and hit one of the list buttons to generate a list.
Finally (for this announcement) we have implemented spell checking for Internet Explorer via ieSpell. Support for other browsers will be implemented as soon as tools with sufficient web-integration systems become available. (Nudge nudge to SpellBound developers).
The new editor will be available to customers in vBulletin 3.5 Beta 2.
The new editor is in some ways far simpler than the old one, in that it uses exactly the same HTML for both WYSIWYG and Standard modes, and yet it harbours far more power.
Your window resize choices (using the
and controls) are now remembered, and WYSIWYG-compatible browsers can now switch live between WYSIWYG and Standard modes using AJAX, interpretting all formatting correctly while switching without refreshing the page.Standard mode support is also improved by retaining selection choices after formatting. Previously if you selected a word and wrapped it in [b] tags, you would have had to select the word again before applying further formatting. With the new editor you can select the word and bash out [b] [i] [u] with the formatting buttons and never have to do any re-selecting of text.
Standard mode also now benefits from a new undo/redo system (for those who can't manage ctrl+z, ctrl+shift+z), and the ability to remove formatting in the same way as the WYSIWYG editor can by selecting some text and hitting the remove formatting button.
Also new for standard mode is the new list editor, designed to work as much like WYSIWYG mode as possible. In IE6, Mozilla, Camino or Opera 8 you can simply select paragraphs of text and hit one of the list buttons to generate a list.
Finally (for this announcement) we have implemented spell checking for Internet Explorer via ieSpell. Support for other browsers will be implemented as soon as tools with sufficient web-integration systems become available. (Nudge nudge to SpellBound developers).
The new editor will be available to customers in vBulletin 3.5 Beta 2.
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