- Markdown supported in column description.

- Project > Edit Board and Project Summary pages now show description as tooltip.
- Project > Edit Board shows textarea with markdown preview. Edit column also shows markdown preview.
- Fixed bug while adding a new column inserts description as column limit.

app/Controller/Board.php

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class Board extends Base
 
         if ($valid) {
 
-            if ($this->board->addColumn($project['id'], $data['title'],$data['description'])) {
+            if ($this->board->addColumn($project['id'], $data['title'],$data['task_limit'],$data['description'])) {
                 $this->session->flash(t('Board updated successfully.'));
                 $this->response->redirect('?controller=board&action=edit&project_id='.$project['id']);
             }

app/Model/Board.php

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Board extends Base
         $values = array(
             'project_id' => $project_id,
             'title' => $title,
-            'task_limit' => $task_limit,
+            'task_limit' => intval($task_limit),
             'position' => $this->getLastColumnPosition($project_id) + 1,
         	'description' => $description,
         );
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Board extends Base
     {
         return $this->db->table(self::TABLE)->eq('id', $column_id)->update(array(
             'title' => $title,
-            'task_limit' => $task_limit,
+            'task_limit' => intval($task_limit),
             'description' => $description,
         ));
     }

app/Template/board/edit.php

@@ -6,16 +6,20 @@
 <table>
     <tr>
         <th><?= t('Column title') ?></th>
-        <th><?= t('Description') ?></th>
         <th><?= t('Task limit') ?></th>
         <th><?= t('Actions') ?></th>
     </tr>
     <?php foreach ($columns as $column): ?>
     <tr>
-        <td class="column-30"><?= $this->e($column['title']) ?></td>
+        <td class="column-60"><?= $this->e($column['title']) ?>
-        <td><?= $this->e($column['description']) ?></td>
+         <?php if (! empty($column['description'])): ?>
+            <span class="column-tooltip" title="<?= $this->markdown($column['description']) ?>">     
+                <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i>
+            </span>
+        <?php endif ?>
+        </td>
         <td class="column-10"><?= $this->e($column['task_limit']) ?></td>
-        <td class="column-20">
+        <td class="column-30">
             <ul>
                 <li>
                     <?= $this->a(t('Edit'), 'board', 'editColumn', array('project_id' => $project['id'], 'column_id' => $column['id'])) ?>
@@ -48,8 +52,28 @@
 
     <?= $this->formLabel(t('Title'), 'title') ?>
     <?= $this->formText('title', $values, $errors, array('required', 'maxlength="50"')) ?>
+    
+    <?= $this->formLabel(t('Task limit'), 'task_limit') ?>
+    <?= $this->formNumber('task_limit', $values, $errors) ?>
+    
     <?= $this->formLabel(t('Description'), 'description') ?>
-    <?= $this->formTextarea('description', $values, $errors) ?>
+    
+    <div class="form-tabs">
+        <ul class="form-tabs-nav">
+            <li class="form-tab form-tab-selected">
+                <i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o fa-fw"></i><a id="markdown-write" href="#"><?= t('Write') ?></a>
+            </li>
+            <li class="form-tab">
+                <a id="markdown-preview" href="#"><i class="fa fa-eye fa-fw"></i><?= t('Preview') ?></a>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+        <div class="write-area">
+          <?= $this->formTextarea('description', $values, $errors) ?>
+        </div>
+        <div class="preview-area">
+            <div class="markdown"></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
     <div class="form-help"><a href="http://kanboard.net/documentation/syntax-guide" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><?= t('Write your text in Markdown') ?></a></div>
 
     <div class="form-actions">

app/Template/board/edit_column.php

@@ -16,7 +16,24 @@
     <?= $this->formNumber('task_limit', $values, $errors) ?>
 
     <?= $this->formLabel(t('Description'), 'description') ?>
-    <?= $this->formTextarea('description', $values, $errors) ?>
+    
+    <div class="form-tabs">
+        <ul class="form-tabs-nav">
+            <li class="form-tab form-tab-selected">
+                <i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o fa-fw"></i><a id="markdown-write" href="#"><?= t('Write') ?></a>
+            </li>
+            <li class="form-tab">
+                <a id="markdown-preview" href="#"><i class="fa fa-eye fa-fw"></i><?= t('Preview') ?></a>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+        <div class="write-area">
+          <?= $this->formTextarea('description', $values, $errors) ?>
+        </div>
+        <div class="preview-area">
+            <div class="markdown"></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="form-help"><a href="http://kanboard.net/documentation/syntax-guide" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><?= t('Write your text in Markdown') ?></a></div>
 
     <div class="form-actions">
         <input type="submit" value="<?= t('Save') ?>" class="btn btn-blue"/>

app/Template/board/swimlane.php

@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@
                 <?= $this->a('+', 'task', 'create', array('project_id' => $column['project_id'], 'column_id' => $column['id'], 'swimlane_id' => $swimlane['id']), false, 'task-creation-popover', t('Add a new task')) ?>
             </div>
         <?php endif ?>
-
+        <?= $this->e($column['title']) ?>
         <?php if (! empty($column['description'])): ?>
-            <span class="column-tooltip" title="<?= $this->e($column['description']) ?>">
+            <span class="column-tooltip pull-right" title="<?= $this->markdown($column['description']) ?>">     
-                <?= $this->e($column['title']) ?>
+                <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i>
             </span>
-        <?php else: ?>
-            <?= $this->e($column['title']) ?>
         <?php endif ?>
         
         <?php if ($column['task_limit']): ?>

app/Template/project/show.php

@@ -41,15 +41,18 @@
 </div>
 <table class="table-stripped">
     <tr>
-        <th class="column-30"><?= t('Column') ?></th>
+        <th class="column-60"><?= t('Column') ?></th>
-        <th><?= t('Description') ?></th>
         <th class="column-20"><?= t('Task limit') ?></th>
         <th class="column-20"><?= t('Active tasks') ?></th>
     </tr>
     <?php foreach ($stats['columns'] as $column): ?>
     <tr>
-        <td><?= $this->e($column['title']) ?></td>
+        <td><?= $this->e($column['title']) ?>
-        <td><?= $this->e($column['description']) ?></td>
+        <?php if (! empty($column['description'])): ?>
+            <span class="column-tooltip" title="<?= $this->markdown($column['description']) ?>">     
+                <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i>
+            </span>
+        <?php endif ?></td>
         <td><?= $column['task_limit'] ?: '∞' ?></td>
         <td><?= $column['nb_active_tasks'] ?></td>
     </tr>

assets/css/src/tooltip.css

@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ div.ui-tooltip {
 .tooltip-large {
     width: 550px;
 }
+
+.column-tooltip {
+	color: #999;
+	font-size: 0.95em;
+}

assets/js/src/base.js

@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ var Kanboard = (function() {
                 $("form").submit();
             });
             
+            // Tooltip for column description
+            $(".column-tooltip").tooltip({
+                content: function(e) {
+                    return '<div class="markdown">'+$(this).attr("title")+'</div>';
+                }
+            });
+
             $.datepicker.setDefaults($.datepicker.regional[$("body").data("js-lang")]);
 
             Kanboard.InitAfterAjax();

assets/js/src/board.js

@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ Kanboard.Board = (function() {
         // Description popover
         $(".task-description-popover").click(on_popover);
 
-        // Tooltip for column description
-        $(".column-tooltip").tooltip({
-            content: function(e) {
-                return $(this).attr("title");
-            }
-        });
-
         // Tooltips for tasks
         $(".task-board-tooltip").tooltip({
             track: false,
@@ -279,6 +272,7 @@ Kanboard.Board = (function() {
             filter_load_events();
             keyboard_shortcuts();
         }
+        
     });
 
 })();