Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by rxu »

OK, thanks for the explanation.
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

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i am developer of this extension viewtopic.php?f=456&t=2427126 and i need know more about refractor.

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[quote]test[/quote]

test
code above, one '\n' after quote tag will result without any br tag after blockquote tag. (check image below)
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need two '\n' after quote tag to create one br like code below

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[quote]test[/quote]


test
finally one br tag. (check image below)
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Is this really normal behavior? Or intentional? Or is it bug?
For me, the correct behavior is a '\ n' will result in a br tag.
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by JoshyPHP »

It's intentional. Up to 1 blank line (= 2 line feeds) is ignored after BBCodes that are rendered as block elements.

If you CKEditor doesn't have a similar option, you may want to hide the superfluous <br> in CSS with something like that:

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.ClassNameOfTheEditableElement blockquote+br
{
	display: none;
}
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

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JoshyPHP wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:14 pm It's intentional. Up to 1 blank line (= 2 line feeds) is ignored after BBCodes that are rendered as block elements.

If you CKEditor doesn't have a similar option, you may want to hide the superfluous <br> in CSS with something like that:

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.ClassNameOfTheEditableElement blockquote+br
{
	display: none;
}
thanks for reply. custom bbcode Is treated as an block elements? like align bbcode.
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by JoshyPHP »

Anything that is rendered as a block-level element: quotes, code blocks, lists, etc... It doesn't matter whether they are custom or by default, they are all treated the same.
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

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thanks the explanation. i will try what i can to do here.
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by doougl4s »

Many of my bbcodes have stopped working, can you tell me how to fix this?

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[col]{TEXT1}|{TEXT2}[/col]

<table width="100%">
	<tr>
		<td style="vertical-align: top; width:50%; padding-right:10px;">{TEXT1}</td>
		<td style="vertical-align: top; width:50%; padding-left:10px;">{TEXT2}</td>
	</tr>
</table>

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[tabela]{TEXT}[/tabela]

<script language="Javascript">
var texto = '{TEXT}';
texto = texto.replace("\r\n","");
texto = texto.replace("<br>","");
texto = texto.replace(" ","");
var linha = new Array();
linha = texto.split('L=');
var table = '<div align="center"><TABLE width=70% cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1 border=0>';
for (var i=1; i<linha.length; i++)
{
  table = table + '<TR>';
  var coluna = new Array();
  coluna = linha[i].split('&');
  for (var j=0; j<coluna.length; j++)
  {
    if (i == 1)
    {
      table = table + '<TD align=center style="background: #FF8904; font-size:11px; color:black; font-family:  Verdana,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>' + coluna[j].replace("amp;","") + '</b></TD>';      
    }
    else
    {
      table = table + '<TD style="background: #878282; font-size:11px; color:white; font-family:  Verdana,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">' + coluna[j].replace("amp;","") + '</TD>';      
    }

  }
  table = table + '<TR>';
}
table = table + '</TABLE></div>';
document.write(table);
</script>

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[thumbnail={NUMBER}]{URL}[/thumbnail]

<a target="_blank" href="{URL}"><img src="{URL}" width="{NUMBER}px" heigth="{NUMBER}px"></a>
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by JoshyPHP »

This topic is for extension authors, not for general support. Please use the general support forums for that.

Off the top of my head, the first BBCode will work differently in 3.2 because of the multiple tokens in the BBCode's content. If you use more than one token in the BBCode's content, the content will be treated as plain text. The second BBCode I don't know about. Using JavaScript seems like a bad idea. Some browsers have deprecated/removed support for document.write too. The last one I don't know either. My guess is it works.
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Post by martec »

@JoshyPHP

Why need three '\n' after block element to create one br if next tag too is block element?

Need two '\n' after block element to create one br if next tag is inline element. This ok, but why three '\n' between blocks elements to one br?
This too intentional?
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by JoshyPHP »

Up to two newlines are ignored after block elements so that you can use the following markup without extra <br> elements appearing in the output:

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[quote=martec post_id=14779661 time=1499942629 user_id=1100965]
Why need three '\n' after block element to create one br if next tag too is block element?
[/quote]

Reply goes here, no br.
Without extra <br> elements, users can leave a blank space between markup for readability without adding superfluous whitespace in the output and style authors margins can better control margins in CSS without having to account for extra <br>s.

Note that you can toggle that behaviour in custom BBCodes in their definition:

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[foo #ignoreSurroundingWhitespace=false]{TEXT}[/foo]
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by martec »

@JoshyPHP

That was not quite what I meant.

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[quote]test[/quote]



[quote]test[/quote]
Code above block element (first quote tag) and next element (secound quote tag) also block element. To create one br need three '\n'. Why? Intentional?

If something below

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[quote]test[/quote]


test
Code above block element and next element is inline element. Here need only two '\n' to create one br. Why this difference?
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

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Up to two newlines are ignored before and after block elements. They might add up depending on the context, which is why you need three of them when there are two consecutive blocks.
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

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@JoshyPHP

Hi, Is there an event in phpBB where I can change the number of lines that will be ignored before and after blocks elements?
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

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Not the number, no.
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Re: Extensions and phpBB 3.2: you should probably read this topic

Post by martec »

So you have your parser for javascript?

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