[Markdown] [BBCode] Implement formatting buttons

[tobyzerner]

From @tobscure on August 27, 2015 13:54

What needs to be done:

• Work out which formatting buttons to add, and how they should be implemented among multiple formatting extensions (Markdown/BBCode). Should each formatting extension implement its own formatting buttons with the same keys, and then the extension that's enabled last would "win" but buttons that it doesn't overwrite would still display?
• I envision they should be added to the TextEditor controls area (to the right of the submit/preview buttons); we should make sure this looks good and there's enough room for it. Could also consider putting them in a little popup that appears when you click on a button in that toolbar (like Google Inbox).

Copied from original issue: flarum/markdown#1

[InfoLibre]

Why not using a HTML5 inline editor like https://www.raptor-editor.com ?
Markdown/BBcode/wiki syntax and all these syntaxes are boring for normal users.

[luceos]

Referencing the redactor: https://discuss.flarum.org/d/1377-flarum-v0-1-0-beta-4-released/52

We could even get donations up for this as well!

[maxyc]

https://github.com/lepture/editor

[franzliedke]

I know we're not using React, but maybe this can serve as inspiration: http://facebook.github.io/draft-js (the data model / code under the hood).

[lukbukkit]

Or maybe try Trix from Basecamp?

[tobyzerner]

The basics of this are in place for the Markdown extension. There's still a couple things to do though:

• Add a Markdown image button – will need to PR https://github.com/github/markdown-toolbar-element
• Add equivalent BBCode buttons which display only if the Markdown extension is not enabled – pending Expose MarkdownButtonElement in public API github/markdown-toolbar-element#5

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