Pretext is a general name for text you want inserted into your post automatically.

How it works

There are a number of pretext options you can configure.  Each option does something different, but they all automatically insert some text into text editors in certain situations.  You can include regular markup tags and line breaks.

You can also include these special tags:

• [cursor] - Put the cursor here after text is inserted and then remove the tag.  If two or more of these are encountered at the same time, the extension follows the first one.
• [author] - Replaced with the quoted author.  Only works in Before and After fields.

Don't move your End text around after it's inserted, or else it won't be properly moved after quoting someone.  It is unsafe to add line breaks in End pretext before text starts - you might accidentally mess up spacing while typing out a post.  Use the Start pretext to add line breaks instead.

Examples

You should be able to copy/paste these right into the pretext fields.

Default quote behavior, with one linebreak after it.

[quote=[author]]

[/quote]
[cursor]

Same as a regular quote, but more customizable.  Note that this specific pretext might be turned into [quote] tags when parsed from HTML since it looks identical to normal quotes.

[blockquote][b][author][/b] posted:[hr]

[hr][/blockquote]
[cursor]

Start out typing in invisitext.

[color=transparent][cursor][/color]

Start out typing in invisitext, but bump it down after a quote if you don't type in it.

[color=transparent][cursor][/color]

The full invisitexter's suite with normal quote.

[color=transparent][cursor][/color]

[quote=[author]]

[/quote]
[color=transparent][cursor][/color]

The safe way to add a fake sig.  Be warned that your sig will be placed immediately after your before/after text.

[cursor]

_-~*My crazy fake sig*~-_

Options

Pretext options can be found under Post Settings > Pretext.

Start

This text will be added to the start of every post.

End

This text will be added to the end of every post. IGN++ will also try to keep it at the end when you quote people.

Before

This text is added before quoted text. [quote] tags are not included implicitly!

After

This text is added after quoted text. [/quote] tags are not included implicitly!

Edit

This text will be added at the end of your post when you edit it.

Known Issues

• Issue #203 - Putting the cursor within a color tag in pretext doesn't work

See also

• Text Editors