Posting a tag with a class name..

[Todge]

I'd like to be able to post a HTML tag, specifically a <div> tag, but would like to give it a class , or even an ID would do, but both the class and id attributes are stripped out when posting or even flipping from Preview to BBCode and vice-versa.

So, is it possible and I'm just not seeing how, or would it be possible to allow class names and/or ID attributes to be posted with HTML tags?

[Tim Camara]

Since this is in the plugin development board, are you trying to do this programmatically?

[Todge]

Yup, it's specifically for a whisper plugin.

To make the whispers more secure I thought about posting a classed HTML tag, which could then be hidden by default, and the plugin displaying the correct ones, but, if I try to add a class to a posted tag it gets stripped out.

I also tried to give the tags an ID, but that was removed also.

[Tim Camara]

Can you show me the snippet of code you're trying to use to do this?

[Todge]

I've been using a function written by Chris, and can successfully put the tags into the WYSIWYG editor, either as [div class="whisper"]xxxxxx[/div] in the BBCode side, and <div class="whisper">xxxxxx</div> in the Preview side, but on posting, or when moving from Preview to BBCode, and vice-versa, the class is stripped from the tag.

If you can understand that..

I thought that if I could post a HTML tag with a class already assigned it could be hidden by default, and so making it more secure, even in the Mobile App.

[Bennett 🚀]

Might sound counter-intuitive, but perhaps check out the style tag plugin to see how I attach attributes to divs, or even just use the style tag as a hack.

[Todge]

Thanks for the reply Bennett 🚀, but I'm trying to get posted tags to have a class or ID by default. Using a code to attach the className is what I am trying to avoid, so that the tags will be effected by the forum's CSS even if the plugins are disabled.

[Peter]

Why not still use a supported attribute that isn't stripped out, but match the div based on what the attribute is. No JS needed, so the div would be effected by the CSS selector.

i.e

div[title=Whisper] {

display: none;

}

[div title="Whisper"]something something[/div]

www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html#attribute-selectors

[Todge]

HA!!

I tried ID, class and style, and neither worked.. I never even thought about trying title.

Thanks Peter, methinks this will do nicely.