BBcode for posting inline code like stackoverflow

[akhileshbc]

Hi,

Sometimes, we might need to highlight the some piece of code that we type in our response(apart from the actual code snippet). So in that case, wouldn't it be useful if make a bbcode available for inline code?

Here's a screenshot of what am suggesting:



The CSS code I used:

span.inline-code{
  background: rgb(119, 119, 119);
  padding: 0 5px;
  color: white;
  font-family: 'Courier New';
  border: 1px solid rgb(82, 82, 82);
}

You could setup a BBCODE so that it will be replaced with <span class="inline-code">xxxxx</span>

What do you think?

[si_the_geek]

do you mean like this? span.inline-code { more text here

If so, there are TT tags:
do you mean like this? [tt] span.inline-code{ [/tt] more text here

[akhileshbc]

Thanks si

That seems to be cool. But I think it would be better if it could have a background or some embossing to get attention that it's a code line.

Also, I would suggest a help link somewhere above the Reply Box, which could open up in a popup window explaining these useful BBcodes.

[dday9]

That picture was on my thread

[akhileshbc]

Just made a Chrome extension including this feature.

Try it out: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...fies-the-looks

I hope someone will find it useful.