Ibai Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hi,The mention system is a bit slow and makes the write reduce it's writing pace waiting to show members name list.Could it be possible to write mentions fast, without that "modal" showing members names that auto-mentions when someone clicks over the member name? The idea is that the forum backend, while the post is being submitted, would parse the text and search any "uncompleted" mention filling it with the corresponding link and sending the notification to the mentioned member.This feature would be awesome!Regards,Ibai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal V Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I think the issue would be the whitespace that is possible in usernames. It could be part of the username or it could be the start of your message. The old mentions plugin worked around this with bbcode but I think IPS is trying to move away from bbcode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibai Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 That plugin was awesome, worked fine with this situation. I wonder if this is possible. Currently is not confortable having to wait until that menu of members appears. Even sometimes, when there is only just one user in the list, pressing space key does not do anything and you need to erase some characters and start again typing slowly. It's not confortable and my members are arguing about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrlbrk Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I agree, and I've experienced multiple occasions where the in-line/instant mention system simply fails to work. I have a 6 year old vb 3.8 site with an old plugin that works flawlessly with mentions, it parses the info on save, so it would be nice to see that as a backup option with IPB since the real-time feature doesn't always work or is too slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrigan Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Yeah, I'd totally dig on this. I tend to have issues in first paragraph tagging causing issues. Second paragraph always works but the first one it's hit or miss.I also have some member's that cannot seem to do it at all sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibai Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Is there any chance to get this for future versions? Where can I suggest this formally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 In the product feedback forum, which you've already done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackelk Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I was going to post the same thing. Would be great if it did the same for images, too. Nothing happens when it is posted. You have to let it do its thing before submitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilihead Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 What would be nice is when you are typing it and it is at the top hit Enter and it activates. No clicking needed.Also would be nice if they parsed if you typed it and the box was too slow. Maybe it can bring up your most tagged members and members in the topic you are in for speed as it looks for the rest. As you keep typing it narrows so speeds up and gets it, if not familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal V Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 One of the past mention plugins had a button next to Quote you could use for quick mention of people on the same page/topic.At this point the feature is a bit frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I have a stack of members complaining about this, and I too find it annoying. It's just too slow. I want to type @ followed by the username and have the forum parse it automatically, not have to wait for it to do it's thing, bring up a user list, select the name etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibai Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 One of the past mention plugins had a button next to Quote you could use for quick mention of people on the same page/topic.At this point the feature is a bit frustrating. That would be a good add-on just to get a shortcut and a fast mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted July 30, 2015 Management Share Posted July 30, 2015 I don't think I would auto-tag but perhaps we can do a suggested like "Did you mean to tag X?" and let people click to say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I don't think I would auto-tag but perhaps we can do a suggested like "Did you mean to tag X?" and let people click to say yes.Coming from vBulletin + the most popular tagging plugin for that platform, we have thousands of users that are used to (and expect) auto-tagging. It is a far quicker and simpler system than the solution in IPB4. Even if disabled by default, can it please be an option to enable in the admin? Right now I'm literally getting threads every day with people complaining at me that i'ts not working as they expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey_M Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Currently I am having issues with this feature, yet I have always wished it would phase any mentions in after posting. It's quite obvious if you @whoeveritis and @yesimeanthisperson that you wanted to mention the in your reply. I don't think it should ask if you meant to do it because why would you write it otherwise. Perhaps a dev will release a plugin that will do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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