How to transform BB codes to it´s intended function instantly

[Mightyally]

Hey.

When I was at school the other day I noticed something extraordinary about the hype when I sat the school computers (it was during a break, come on now).

I started typing a post and began using the bold function as well as some colors. What happened was that it instantly (before hittting the submit post button) transformed my text to fat and black (bold) or to another color. I mean otherwise you just get "[ B ]" "[ / B ]" and a lot of other nonsense and the text inbetweeen that. It is something I really want to have on my computer at home but I can´t find any software or plugin for this.

Any help would be extremely appreciated!

 

[Teelie]

I use [control+B] (or I, U) for bold, italics and underlined. It's not quite the same thing as a plug-in but it does show it automatically.

 

[Mightyally]

It doesn´t work for me tho :/

 

[Teelie]

The message box also has the B/I/U toggles above it.

 

[Gee]

It doesn´t work for me tho :/

What browser do you use (or on your school computers)? It works on Firefox.

 

[Mightyally]

I use Chrome at home and they use Internet Explorer in school. I can´t use ctrl + b to make text bold. I must click on the "B" and then I get this [ B ] Random text [ / B ] as opposed to the school computers that instantly transforms the text to fat and black before I even hit submit.

 

[Mightyally]

Well...?

 

[Mightyally]

Well...?

 

[Mightyally]

Well...?

 

[Teelie]

I would take this as a sign no one knows.