[TYPO3-content-rendering] Sponsoring of a new rtehtmlarea feature

[Sacha Vorbeck]

Hi,

many CSS styled websites use link icons inserted via CSS to
differentiate between seperate external, internal, mail, download-links
etc..

But if the text of a link is longer than one line, the linebreak
will cause the image to disappear sometimes if is inserted via CSS. It
also has some usability/accessibility issues as you can`t add an
explaining alt text to the image. There are different solutions
available, some use CSS3 or the before/after pseudo elements. But none
of them work in all browsers.

The only solution to get it working stable is to insert the icons into
the HTML. An example link looks like this:
<a class="externalwindow" href="#" title="Open external link in new
window"><img src="fileadmin/externalwindow.gif" width="14" height="10"
alt="Open external link in new window" />TYPO3.org</a>

The drawback is that it is very complicated for an editor to insert the
icon manualy in the RTE. It is much easier to add a link class.

That`s why I sent a feature request to Stanislas. He offered to include
a couple of new settings that allow auto-insert of link-icons into the
rendered HTML-code based on the class an editor adds to a link for the
amount of $350 USD.

I would like to know if anybody else is interested in this feature and
wants to join me in sponsoring it.

If so, please contact me via info at unlimited-vision.net

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Ciao,
Sacha