The buttons in the Forum

[liam1412]

I'm back again

I have written BBcode for my forum but don't want people to have to manually type the :-) or whatever.  How do I create the buttons such as the ones used in this forum that input the ;-) into the post as itis being typed.  This may not even be php but im not ure how its done.

Thanks

[joquius]

You need to use javascript. Like add a button

<input type="button" onclick="link()" />
<textarea id="text"></textarea>

and add some JS at the top

function link ()
{
var link = prompt ("Enter URL:", "")
if (link!="") var text = prompt ("Enter text:", "");
document.getElementById('text').value=document.getElementById('text').value+"[link=\""+link+"\"]"+text+"[/link]"
}

but that just adds it at the end of the text..I can't remember how to add it where you're typing, and if you want to highlight text and then click the button, it's a bit more complex.