WildcardSearch/BB-Code-Helper

A browser extension using webextensions API to add a context menu for tagging selected text, links, and images and copied to the clipboard as BB Code.

BB Code Helper 0.2

Adds a context submenu to tag code, quotes, images, and links as BB Code or Markdown.

Options

You may configure how many line breaks you would like inserted between tags when using Multi-Mode

Quoting

Highlight text and choose Quote Selection from the BB Code Helper context submenu to copy the text as a forum quote using BB Code or Markdown.

[quote]{selection}[/quote]

OR

> {selection}

Code Blocks

Highlight text and choose Copy As Code from the BB Code Helper context submenu to copy the text as a code block using BB Code or Markdown.

[code]{selection}[/code]

OR

``` 
{selection}
``` 

Links

Right click a link and select Tag Link from the BB Code Helper context submenu to copy a BB Code representation of the link to the clipboard. If there is text inside the <a/>, it will be used as a caption for the BB Code or Markdown, if not, the simple version will be used.

[url={URL}]{Caption}[/url]

OR

[url]{URL}[/url]

OR

[{caption}]({url})

Images

Right click an image and select Tag Image or Tag Image With Link from the BB Code Helper context submenu to copy a BB Code or Markdown representation of the image to the clipboard.

[img]{image URL}[/img]

OR

![]({url})

If tagging the image and the link (if any), the link will be wrapped in url BB Code.

[url={link URL}][img]{image URL}[/img][/url]

OR

[![]({image URL})]({link URL})

Multi-Mode

In this mode, tags are appended to the clipboard, rather than replacing the current clipboard content (default)

Clear The Clipboard

Added for convenience.