Adding wrap [URL] tags into editor

[Coup27]

It would be nice if a button could be added for wrapping URL tags around a link. Many users do not know how to do this manually and it would tidy a lot of posts up if users could put their chosen text over the link they want to direct users to. Example:

[ URL=http://www.website.com]chosen text[/URL]

Regards,

 

[zokudu]

Doesn't the editor already do this. You have to type out your word then high lick and click the add hyperlink button.

 

[Coup27]

Come again?

 

[Soundmanred]

The radio button with the world and link icon is what he means, between the text changing ones and the ones for pictures and quote tags.

 

[Coup27]

That doesn't achieve what I'm suggesting though. That simply underlines and adds a clickable hyperlink to whatever text is entered, but the link is still typed out in its entirety, like http://www.bbc.co.uk.

What I am suggesting is the ability to do this instead so it is a lot less cluttered.

 

[Spacehead]

When you click on the "insert link" & paste the link you want into the provided box, click "OK" & you end up with this
[ URL=http://www.website.com]chosen text[/URL]

where the "chosen text" portion is already hi-lighted for you to type in whatever you want. No need for another button.

 

[Coup27]

Yes you are correct. If you switch the editor to the code mode with the white background and use the insert link button it does do that.

I still think this could be made clearer to users as I didn't know it was there and neither do a lot of people because most people post a full link in their posts.

Enabling this for the standard editor mode would be a nice idea.

Most VB forums implement this in a different way. You click on insert link, enter the link, another dialog comes up with "insert text", you insert the text and job done.

 

[Crono]

Just type the word/phrase, highlight, click "insert link" button. Not that hard.