Wrap Plugin

One plugin to rule them all

This plugin gives you the ability to wrap wiki text inside containers (divs or spans) and give them

  1. a certain class (with loads of useful preset classes)
  2. a width
  3. a language with its associated text direction

It potentially replaces a lot of other plugins and is IMHO the better alternative for many. There is one exception: It currently lacks ODT support. If you need ODT support, you might want to take a look at similar plugins.

It fully replaces: class, divalign, div_span_shorthand, side_note, tip, clearfloat, emphasis, hide, hilited, important_paragraf, important_text, noprint, pagebreak, wpre, lang, ltr
It partly replaces: box, layout, note, styler, typography, color, columns, fontcolor, fontfamily, fontsize, fontsize2, highlight, tab, tablewidth

Download and Installation

Download and install the plugin using the Plugin Manager using the URL given above. Refer to Plugins on how to install plugins manually.

Compatibility

:!: The latest version (2010-11-20) is only compatible to the latest DokuWiki release 2010-11-07 (“Anteater”) and later (including “Rincewind”). Please don't update the plugin if you haven't upgraded your DokuWiki yet. If you'd like to install the plugin in an older DokuWiki version, install version 2010-03-14.

Version 2010-03-14 is only compatible to the DokuWiki release 2009-12-25 (“Lemming”). If you like to use the plugin in an older version (but younger than 2006-11-06), you only need to remove the file action.php inside the plugin's main folder. With removing that file you will not have the toolbar picker, but can use the plugin in older DokuWiki versions.

Examples

The plugin comes with an example page, which should explain a lot and looks like this in the default template:

Syntax

Basic Syntax:

<WRAP classes width :language>
"big" content
</WRAP>

or
<block classes width :language>
"big" content
</block>

or
<div classes width :language>
"big" content
</div>

An uppercase <WRAP> (or alternatively <block> or <div>) creates a div and should be used for “big” containers, surrounding paragraphs, lists, tables, etc.

<wrap classes width :language>"small" content</wrap>

or
<inline classes width :language>"small" content</inline>

or
<span classes width :language>"small" content</span>

A lowercase <wrap> (or alternatively <inline> or <span>) creates a span and should be used for “small” containers, inside paragraphs, lists, tables, etc.

:!: Please note, some things won't work with spans: alignments (including alignments generated by changing the text direction), multi-columns and widths if the according wrap isn't floated as well.

Classes

The following classes are currently available:

class namedescription/notes
columns – similar to columns, side_note, styler, tip
column same as left in LTR languages and same as right in RTL languages
left same as column, will let you float your container on the left
right will let the container float right
center will position the container in the horizontal center of the page
col2..col5 will show the text in multiple columns (2, 3, 4 or 5), only works in modern browsers (Firefox, Chrome and Safari)
alignments – similar to divalign, columns, styler:!: don't work with spans!
leftalign aligns text on the left
rightalign aligns text on the right
centeralign centers the text
justify justifies the text
boxes and notes – similar to box, note, tip
box creates a box around the container (uses colours from style.ini)
info (was information in first version) creates a blue box with an info icon
important creates an orange box with an important icon
alert (:!: was warning in previous versions) creates a red box with a alert icon
tip creates a yellow box with a tip icon
help creates a violet box with a help icon
todo creates a cyan box with an todo icon
download creates a green box with a download icon
round adds rounded corners to any container with a background colour or a border (only works in modern browsers, i.e. no IE)
danger creates a red danger safety note
warning creates an orange warning safety note
caution creates a yellow caution safety note
notice creates a blue notice safety note
safety creates a green safety note
marks – similar to hilited, emphasis, important_paragraf, important_text
hi marks text as highlighted
lo marks text as less significant
em marks text as especially emphasised
typography (not recommended) – similar to typography, styler, color, fontcolor, highlight, fontsize, fontsize2, fontfamily
:!: removed since version 2011-05-15 (for more information, see below)
sansserif, serif, monospace changes the font family
bigger, muchbigger, smaller changes the font size
fgred, fggreen, fgblue, fgcyan, fgviolet, fgyellow, fggrey, fgwhite, fgblack changes the font colour
bgred, bggreen, bgblue, bgcyan, bgviolet, bgyellow, bggrey, bgwhite, bgblack changes the background colour
miscellaneous
clear similar to clearfloat, should preferably be used with divs, i.e. uppercase <WRAP>s
hide hides the text per CSS (the text will still appear in the source code, in non-modern browsers and is searchable)
noprint displays text on the screen, but not in print, similar to noprint
onlyprint displays text only in print, but not on the screen
pagebreak forces a new page in printouts (not visible on the screen), similar to pagebreak
nopagebreak tries to avoid a pagebreak in printouts (not visible on the screen)
spoiler shows white text on a white background, only to be revealed by highlighting it; similar to hide
indent indents the text, could be used instead of tab
outdent “outdents” the text, could partly be used instead of outdent
prewrap wraps text inside pre-formatted code blocks, similar to wpre

All tables inside a column or box will always be 100% wide. This makes positioning and sizing tables possible and partly replaces tablewidth.

Known restrictions

  • WRAPs won't export in ODT format
  • The PNG icons for the various notes have an alpha transparency which will look ugly in IE6.
  • Round corners only work in modern browsers (no IE).
  • Multiple columns only work in Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
  • After an opening <WRAP> there is one empty line needed before the content, or else there won't be any paragraph, which might lead to unexpected results. (Wraps without a visible content don't need any additional empty lines, e.g. clear or hide.) :!: This was fixed in the latest version (2010-11-20) if used with Anteater.
  • Normal DokuWiki Headlines won't work inside any plugin syntax. As a work-around you can use the following two emulated headlines inside any of the columns or boxes/notes:
    • //**__Big Underlined Headline__**// (They will look a bit different in safety notes.)
    • //**Small Headline**//

You probably need to adjust a few of the classes to your template's needs, especially hi, lo and em if you have a dark or otherwise heavily coloured theme.

The classes are easily adjustable and extensible. Any wishes are welcome.

Widths

You can set any valid widths on any uppercase <WRAP> container: %, px, em, ex, pt, pc, cm, mm, in. Just set the width before or after or with the classes, e.g.

<WRAP someclass 50% anotherclass>...

Languages and Text Directions

You can change the language and the direction of a container by simply adding a colon followed by the language code, like this:

<wrap :en>This text is explicitly marked as English.</wrap>

The text direction (rtl, right to left or ltr, left to right) will get inserted automatically and is solely dependent on the language. The list of currently supported languages is taken from: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:List_of_language_names_ordered_by_code

If you like to mark a text with a different text direction than the default one, you should use divs, i.e. uppercase <WRAP>s. Otherwise the text alignment won't change as well.

This makes it a better replacement of ltr (and lang).

Extend with custom styles

If you like to add your own classes and styles to the plugin, you can simply add the styles for your class preceded by “wrap_” to your user styles.

E.g. if you need a <WRAP myclass>, you edit (or create if it doesn't exist) your conf/userstyle.css and add your .wrap_myclass{} with its style definitions to it. (If necessary, edit conf/userprint.css1) for the print view, conf/userrtl.css2) for RTL languages and conf/userall.css3) for all styles as well.)

Since version 2010-03-14 you have the possibility to exclude certain class names from being prefixed with “wrap_”. Just add a comma separated list of class names into the config option “noPrefix” in the configuration manager.

Examples

in style.css

.dokuwiki div.wrap_note{ /* added */
    background-color: #eee;
    color: #000;
    padding: .5em .5em .5em .5em;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    overflow: hidden;
}

call in DW-page:

<WRAP note>...</WRAP>

Add former typography classes

The old typography classes were removed in version 2011-05-15. If you need something similar, use the block plugin instead. If you like to have the old typography classes back, they are not lost: They were not completely removed yet, but only put in a comment. To keep using them either remove the comments (search for “typography” in all.css and style.css). Or better (because future-proof) copy them to your own user styles (see above).

How to use the helper

From version 2011-05-15 on the plugin includes a helper plugin which you can use to add classes, width and lang/dir to any other plugin.

Example how to get just one kind of attribute

// get lang from wrap helper plugin
$lang = '';
if(!plugin_isdisabled('wrap')) {
    $wrap =& plugin_load('helper', 'wrap');
    $attr = $wrap->getAttributes($data);
    if($attr['dir']) $lang = ' lang="'.$attr['lang'].'" xml:lang="'.$attr['lang'].'" dir="'.$attr['dir'].'"';
}
 
// add lang to your plugin's output
$renderer->doc .= '<span '.$lang.' class="foo">';

getAttributes() expects the string with “classes width :language”. It returns an array with

  • $attr['class']: CSS class(es)
  • $attr['width']: width
  • $attr['lang'] and $attr['dir']: language and text direction

Example how to get all attributes

// get attributes from wrap helper plugin
$attr = '';
if(!plugin_isdisabled('wrap')) {
    $wrap =& plugin_load('helper', 'wrap');
    $attr = $wrap->buildAttributes($data, 'additionalClass');
}
 
// add those attributes to your plugin's output
$renderer->doc .= '<div '.$attr.'">';

buildAttributes() expects the same string as above (“classes width :language”) and an optional string for additional classes, in case your plugin has CSS classes of its own which it needs to reuse. It returns a string with all the attributes prepared for HTML.

Work

Done

To Do

  • odt support
  • and more …

Localization

You can help me with translations. There are two files to translate:

You can either send me language files to update by email or post them here or in the bugtracker. Please have a look at the available translations first.

Japanese

lang/ja/lang.php
<?php
$lang['picker']    = 'Wrap プラグイン';
 
$lang['column']    = '多段組み';
$lang['box']       = '中央配置枠';
$lang['info']      = '情報枠';
$lang['tip']       = 'ヒント枠';
$lang['important'] = '重要枠';
$lang['alert']     = '警告枠';
$lang['help']      = 'ヘルプ枠';
$lang['download']  = 'ダウンロード枠';
$lang['todo']      = 'TODO枠';
 
$lang['clear']     = '初期化';
 
$lang['em']        = '特に強調';
$lang['hi']        = '強調する';
$lang['lo']        = '強調しない';
lang/ja/settings.php
<?php
/**
 * Japanese language file for config of Wrap plugin
 *
 */
$lang['noPrefix'] = '"wrap_" を接頭語にした名前から除外するクラス名(カンマ区切り)';
1)
conf/printstyle.css in Anteater
2)
conf/rtlstyle.css in Anteater
3)
conf/allstyle.css in Anteater