Extended Markdown Support

mrjeeves

I'd love support for extended markdown, if possible.

This could allow for things such as checkbox lists, maybe suitable for payback threads.

Used like this:

- [ ] This hasn't been done
- [x] But this has
- [x] And so has this
- [ ] Alas, this has not.

Current Status

[X] They don't
[Z] work

But they will soon

i_am_sy

mrjeeves

Completely agree that extended markdown would be great, at the moment it appears to be missing a few basic features (e.g the spoiler button is missing) I'd certainly use a few of it's features.

Alex does make a nice payback thread though, seems to have got that well worked out, so I'm happy with that as he does, as it is pretty clear already. 🙂

ianmorland

mrjeeves sorry I saw your guide thread first, so replied there rather than here...

See this post

ianmorland

mrjeeves

The checkbox is a little more involved, but how's this for a starting point:

Things to take into consideration here:

Square brackets with only a space do not parse correctly for the HTML insert
Checkboxes are toggleable unless disabled (as per this example)
Need to add CSS to bring the checkboxes on to giffgaff brand

extreme_one

@ianmorland any chance you might consider adding the following in future? 🙂

ianmorland

extreme_one absolutely! Leave it with me! 🙂

ianmorland

extreme_one

Here's a quick proof of concept:

I'll discuss with @alex_w and @roxy_r on Monday - if they're happy then we can get this rolled out as early as tomorrow afternoon 🤞

mrjeeves

extreme_one

_Subscript is a thing already i think?

~Subscript~ is a thing already i think?

extreme_one

ianmorland wow that_was_ fast!
Thank you.

jaymailsays

ianmorland Things to take into consideration here:
Ian wrote: Things I hate: Parsips. Yuk.

Roasting them brings out the natural sweetness or caramelisation, brush them on serving with a tiny drizzle of honey.

I am struggling with the chain link emblem? What is its purpose? I have entered a web link (in mobile mode) it gets ignored?
⛓️

mrjeeves

ianmorland

I can happily do the giffgaff checkbox CSS (or make an example).

ianmorland

extreme_one wow that_was_ fast!

I guess it's one way we can highlight the level of control we have on the new platform 🙂

extreme_one Thank you.

You're very welcome!

extreme_one

jaymailsays

[The keyword goes here](www.url.com)

The keyword goes here

Hope that makes sense. 🙂

alex_w

mrjeeves I wonder ... given _subscript already works, I would think there's a ^superscript option too.

I wonder ... given ~subscript~ already works, I would think there's a ^superscript^ option too.

ianmorland

mrjeeves I can happily do the giffgaff checkbox CSS (or make an example).

Go for it! 🙂

i_am_sy

mrjeeves

Bonus points if the checkboxes look like this: (not really)

ianmorland

mrjeeves Let's try something here...

Disclaimer - I'm suggesting this without my giff-staffer hat on, so as one member to another, at this stage.

I've pushed the base extension code, along with the definitions I gave earlier to a public repo, here. If you're happy, feel free to push the CSS for the checkbox to that repo, and see how we get on.

If all goes well, we can look at moving out of this repo, and into a giffgaff one, when we have all the working arrangements, etc in place. How does that sound?

mrjeeves

i_am_sy With the 👍️ inside them? 😛

i_am_sy

mrjeeves

Yes absolutely.

No not really 😛 unless you can make a separate tickbox option for that, just for kicks 😃

mrjeeves

ianmorland Just created a pull request with some preliminary checkbox styling.

Let me know if you want any changes.

_I'm _making _the _thumbs _up _one _for _fun.

ianmorland

mrjeeves Just created a pull request with some preliminary checkbox styling

Awesome! I'll check it out now 🙂

ianmorland

mrjeeves Just created a pull request

Changes merged in, good job! I'll arrange a demo with @alex_w and @roxy_r 🙂

Out of interest, do you have a local Flarum instance up and running?

ianmorland

extreme_one The keyword goes here

Almost 😉 the url must also be prefixed with http:// or https://, otherwise it will be suffixed to the current community url 🙁

For example:

[The keyword goes here](https://www.url.com)

The keyword goes here

jaymailsays

extreme_one
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@extreme_one @ianmorland
Thanks guys. Apart from intended paste leaping out of the brackets, I got there.
Appreciate it.