Comments - mention users, articles or types ? - Cobalt 8

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22 May 2013 03:41

All of us know twitter... which allows to mention users and tags. Typing a special symbol ( @ # ) creates an automatic link. Feels like auto-complete in Cobalt fields. Also comparable to Facebook Ajax search input.

Is it possible to integrate a similar function into the Cobalt Comments?

Or does it make sense as an option in Text fields... because Cobalt can be used as Comments itself.

Ideas & use cases

mention other users, creates link to community profile or Cobalt homepage
quick link to similar articles (alternative ReadAlso, Related Items)
global comments area for a bunch of user submissions. i.e. people submit images... img#1, img#2, img#3 etc. ... users can comment and mention a certain #... #x gets a link and preview thumb.

Related projects & solutions

Mention.JS
jQuery Mention Input (currently unmaintained, Feb. 13 2013)
BangBang (!keyword searches different groups, bootstrap related) demo
At.js (github-like autocomplete library) github project
Bootstrap Tag Autocomplete (@mention autocomplete like Facebook, Twitter and Sandglaz.com)

Related infos

FYI, Bootstrap v3 has dropped TypeAhead script... there are alternative suggestions like:

BS v2 typeahead project for BS v3 https://github.com/bassjobsen/Bootstrap-3-Typeahead
BS3 developers recommend to use the original twitter typeahead project, more features but it still needs fixes to run with BS3 !?!? (Google is your friend!...)

Last Modified: 03 Sep 2014

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clowride

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22 May 2013 04:27

nice ideas

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Sergey

Total posts: 13,748
23 May 2013 04:28

Added Mentions.JS. But there is a bug will not work good. And added only to textarea field. Cannot add to comments in tinymce or other editors.

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Sergey

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23 May 2013 08:28

But shoudn't "Comments" have similar text input types and filters? Does it always use the full WYSIWYG editor?

This is problem. Textarea should be done in form of Joomla editor plugin. I do not think we will do it :)

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Sergey

Total posts: 13,748
23 May 2013 11:13

I think it should be an option, at least for Cobalt Comments adapter. Why load a WYSIWYG script for comments?

I agree. But comments editor based on Joomla editors plugins. It meas if you want simplier editor just install plugin that provide this kind of editor.

I think it should be an option, at least for Cobalt Comments adapter. Why load a WYSIWYG script for comments?

Or even restrict to use a specific JCE Editor Profile!? JCE can differentiate between Components... but not detect Cobalt "Comments".

Why? Do not we have editor option in comments parameters?

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pepperstreet VIP

Total posts: 3,837
23 May 2013 16:16

First of all, many thanks for this ultra-fast implementation! Hopefully it can be extended with Avatar or Core Comments, different types etc. ;-)

1.) Little but crucial "typo" bug in first release. The script/CSS call is missing a leading slash in the path. So, script and CSS is not loaded. Fixed it myself, see attachment for TextArea default input template.

2.) If you type the first/only one letter... there are some empty lines and the word "Array" in the list. See screenshot.