shortcode support for [quote]

[Jamiras]

Provides a separate [quote] shortcode tag, so the user doesn't have to use [code] or [i] as a substitute.

Before:

After:

Nested formatting example (though copying text to use in a quote won't copy the formatting tags):

There are already a few examples of people trying to use it in the database. Was it maybe sort of supported at some point in the past?

[wescopeland]

I was hoping to pick this off, it seems you beat me to it :-)

For quote support, I think something like this is desirable:

[quote author={user_display_name} comment={forum-topic-comment-id}]
this is the quote
[/quote]

This allows us to standardize authorship and linkbacks in a dedicated "quote" button on posts. In other words, if I want to quote a post, I will click a new "quote" button on the post itself, which starts a post creation flow with these values pre-filled. I don't think we should support that interaction right now, as I'm in the process of migrating the forum to Filament, but we should at least support author and probably comment props in the shortcode.

[Jamiras]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but do any of the existing tags support properties? Everything is either [tag]content[/tag] or [tag=value]content[/tag].

I would expect those extra properties would be optional, as the user might want to quote a source that's not another forum post.

[wescopeland]

You're correct - none of them do. You make a good point.

Given that those values should be optional, we can add them later.

[wescopeland]

Sorry, not sure why this was closed. I think GitHub did it automatically?

[Jamiras]

Yep.

Closed by 3083

Which says it resolves a comment here.

Surprised it did it for a comment reference though.

[wescopeland]

Poked around a bit with the latest changes. I think things are looking good now 👍