Add an ID to h tags in BBCode

elbekko · 2008-08-02 09:55:41

It would be nice if you could link to a heading tag by giving each heading a unique ID.
Something like #post-<postnum>-<headingnum> would be nice.

And yeah, I realise this could be fairly tricky.

Last edited by elbekko (2008-08-02 09:56:01)

Connor · 2008-08-02 13:52:15

You know whats coming

Extension.

orlandu63 · 2008-08-02 18:32:29

elbekko wrote:

It would be nice if you could link to a heading tag by giving each heading a unique ID.
Something like #post-<postnum>-<headingnum> would be nice.
And yeah, I realise this could be fairly tricky.

What about {h="id"}{/id}?

Last edited by orlandu63 (2008-08-02 18:32:59)

Paul · 2008-08-02 18:38:08

1. Can you guarentee nobody will use the same id more than once on the same page. The only way to do it would be using a counter in a similar way to how its done for form fields.

2. How do you cope with quoted headings which are certain to result in duplicated id's.

3. I don't actaully like page anchors very much in part because some more advanced css techniques fall apart if they are used.

Not only isn't this a good idea for the core, I think its a bad idea for an extension as I can't think of any benefit arising from it.

elbekko · 2008-08-02 18:57:22

So it's bad being able to link to a certain heading in, say, a huge rules post?

Very well. Guess I'll just make the extension then.

Connor · 2008-08-02 21:52:26

Well, I think its unlikely to be used much, and it makes heading a totally non-standard bbcode, the fact it is simple to add is the reason we added it

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Add an ID to h tags in BBCode

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