XF 2.0 How to create a new button for full-page reply?

[chronodekar]

Members on my forum would find it useful to write their replies on a separate page, instead of right below the threads. A bit of google-ing and I found this,

https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xf2-full-page-text-editor-for-replies.140653/

According to that thread, what I need to do, is append a "/reply" to the thread URL. Some searching inside the admin pages led me to the template titled "quick_reply_macros". That template displays the "Preview" and "Post reply" buttons. What I want to do is add a new "Reply on new page" button which would add the "/reply" to the current thread title.

Thing is, I'm stumped on how to do this.

I've figured out that I can use

<xf:button href="{{ link('$requestPaths.requestUri', 'reply') }}" class="button--link" icon="preview">Reply on new page</xf:button>

to show my button. Clicking the button will open a new page, but not the full-page reply that I want. Experimentation (and one thread here somewhere) showed me that $requestPaths.requestUri will give me the current thread link. But I can't quite figure out what to write as the href/link.

Help please?

-chronodekar

 

[S Thomas]

<xf:button href="reply" class="button--link" icon="preview">Reply on new page</xf:button>
You actually would want to use the link builder, but I guess that works aswell.

 

[chronodekar]

Sadly that code snippet doesn't work. Here's what happens,

The URL to the thread I'm on is = https://thefanfictionforum.net/xenforo/index.php?threads/other-options-for-posting.21589/

After clicking the button (using suggestion) I come to,

https://thefanfictionforum.net/xenforo/reply

Which isn't what we need. Somehow this needs to be link,

https://thefanfictionforum.net/xenforo/index.php?threads/other-options-for-posting.21589/reply

What is link builder? A tool of some sorts?

-chronodekar

 

[S Thomas]

That does work only for friendly urls turned on. You would need to activate that in the board options, if possible.

The link builder is the function you used above {{link()}}.

<xf:button href="{{ link('threads/reply', $__globals.thread) }}" class="button--link" icon="preview">Reply on new page</xf:button>

Something like this

 

[chronodekar]

Thanks @S Thomas !! That works exactly as needed.

-chronodekar