Javascript button works.. just not the way I want it to... - Wikitech-l

8 Apr 2008

I added this code to MediaWiki:Common.js

...
  var button = {
 "imageFile": "
 https://compbio.iupui.edu/support/wiki/images/e/e3/Button_GNU.png"quot;,
 //image to be shown on the button (may be a full URL too), 22x22 pixels
 "speedTip": "Use this to mark free software that's ALSO open
source",
 //text shown in a tooltip when hovering the mouse over the button
 "tagOpen": "{{",        //the text to use to mark the beginning of
the
 block
 "tagClose": "GNU}}",      //the text to use to mark the end of the
block
 (if any)
 "sampleText": ""   //the sample text to place inside the block
 };
 mwCustomEditButtons.push(button);

The goal is to put a *{{GNU}}* tag into the wiki whenever a button is
pressed.  If I put the {{GNU}} within "tagOpen" the template is interpreted
before insertion into the page which is NOT what I want.  The button should
insert the template name "{{GNU}}" and not the text the template
references.  So I split the template in half but the cursor is in the middle
of the template.  e.g.:

{{|GNU}}
...

What I would like to do is put the cursor at the end of the template.  For
example:

{{GNU}} |
...

That way someone can insert the template and keep typing without messing up
the template.  Any ideas on how to do this?

Thanks,

Jonathan Nowacki

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