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1. navid
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I don't think it would take much effort to implement, but I think the main reason it has been omitted to begin with is that it's pretty bad usability to underline something that is not a link.
   Generally, if you are trying to make things standout, you bold them.

2. solvingnormal
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I guess I'm used to underlining book titles. I suppose I can use italics, it's just not what I'm used to.

3. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   And there's no PHP involved in adding your own quicktag. Ok, a little javascript knowledge helps, but it's pretty easy:
   http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/quicktags/

4. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I wouldn't recommend using <u>, though. It's a deprecated tag, and XHTML 1.0 Strict doesn't support it.

5. macmanx
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   What tags would you suggest instead?

6. solvingnormal
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Kafkaesqui - A perfect solution! Thanks much. For any others who may wish, you can copy and paste the code below:
   edButtons[edButtons.length] =
   new edButton('ed_u'
   ,'u'
   ,'<span style="text-decoration:underline">'
   ,'</span>'
   ,'u'
   );

7. solvingnormal
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   macmanx - when the <u> tag was deprecated, the W3C suggested replacing it using the style attributes. The answer I suggested, using span with a style attribute (either coded the way I did, or with a class where you've defined the class as having the text-decoration:underline), seems to be what I've seen recommended.

8. macmanx
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks Kaf. I still feel like <u> is a lot easier ..... I hate XHTML Strict. :(

9. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Easier is not always better, but on XHTML Strict...agreed!

10. Daisyhead
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Kafkaesqui - A perfect solution! Thanks much. For any others who may wish, you can copy and paste the code below:
    edButtons[edButtons.length] =
    new edButton('ed_u'
    ,'u'
    ,'<span style="text-decoration:underline">'
    ,'</span>'
    ,'u'
    );

    Where does one post this code? Which file? Thanks!

11. lstelie
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    @Daisyhead

    Look in wp-admin/quicktags.js

12. navid
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    If you don't want to fiddle around with quicktags.js or any of that junk, you can add:

    .underline
    {
    text-decoration: underline;
    }

    to your CSS stylesheet (e.g. style.css) and then use:

    <span class="underline">your text here</span> inside of your posts and pages.

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