We are attempting to create a custom button / module, and before I put too much more work into it, I am wondering if someone who's had experience creating a custom button / module might be able to let me know if it's even possible or where I might start or what to watch for--any help you can give.
Some background: we have a web application that is used primarily by university-level student writers, their writing peers and their teachers. We want to upgrade the manner in which they electronically share comments and feedback on essay drafts, which they have saved to our database. As of now, they are only able to attach an overall comment to the draft, but not imbed it in the draft in any way or attach individual comments to specific sections of the text.
So, what we like to do is create a "comment" button. Here's a quick overview of what we are trying to accomplish:
1. User who is giving feedback would open the draft in a ktml edit window. From here, they would be able to select or mark a string of text and have the option add a comment to that string by selecting the custom comment button.
2. From here, the user would create a comment associated to the selected string of text: this step (series of steps?) would identify the marked text and wrap it in a span tag that would add a highlight and access link for the comment text.
3. Selecting the text and clicking the comment button would open a comment window where the user making the comments types their comment into a textbox or text editor. The comment is then saved.
4. Draft refreshes, reloads with the new comment, everything is again opened in the ktml editing window, the text string commented on will show up as highlighted. From here, more comments can be added, repeating the above steps.
5. Writer clicks on highlighted section in web version of draft to view the comment(s).
Basically, this would create a draft annotated with comments and feedback rather than only having a single end comment. Any ideas?
