diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js b/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
index 2079c20cdc..cc79ea938e 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/textedit.js
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ function insertFormatting(BBcode, id) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+function insertFormattingToPost(BBcode) {
+	textarea = document.getElementById("#profile-jot-text");
+	if (document.selection) {
+		textarea.focus();
+		selected = document.selection.createRange();
+		selected.text = "[" + BBcode + "]" + selected.text + "[/" + BBcode + "]";
+	} else if (textarea.selectionStart || textarea.selectionStart == "0") {
+		var start = textarea.selectionStart;
+		var end = textarea.selectionEnd;
+		textarea.value = textarea.value.substring(0, start) + "[" + BBcode + "]" + textarea.value.substring(start, end) + "[/" + BBcode + "]" + textarea.value.substring(end, textarea.value.length);
+	}
+
+	$(textarea).trigger('change');
+
+	return true;
+}
 
 function showThread(id) {
 	$("#collapsed-comments-" + id).show()
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/jot.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/jot.tpl
index 839cba5837..f62da27969 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/jot.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/jot.tpl
@@ -93,11 +93,10 @@
 					</div>
 
 					<ul id="profile-jot-submit-wrapper" class="jothidden nav nav-pills">
-						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon underline" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$eduline}}" title="{{$eduline}}" onclick="insertFormatting('u',{{$id}});"><i class="fa fa-underline"></i></button></li>
-						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon italic" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$editalic}}" title="{{$editalic}}" onclick="insertFormatting('i',{{$id}});"><i class="fa fa-italic"></i></button></li>						
-						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon bold" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$edbold}}" title="{{$edbold}}" onclick="insertFormatting('b',{{$id}});"><i class="fa fa-bold"></i></button></li>						
-						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon quote" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$edquote}}" title="{{$edquote}}" onclick="insertFormatting('quote',{{$id}});"><i class="fa fa-quote-left"></i></button></li>
-
+						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon underline" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$eduline}}" title="{{$eduline}}" onclick="insertFormattingToPost('u');"><i class="fa fa-underline"></i></button></li>
+						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon italic" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$editalic}}" title="{{$editalic}}" onclick="insertFormattingToPost('i');"><i class="fa fa-italic"></i></button></li>
+						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon bold" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$edbold}}" title="{{$edbold}}" onclick="insertFormattingToPost('b');"><i class="fa fa-bold"></i></button></li>
+						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link icon quote" style="cursor: pointer;" aria-label="{{$edquote}}" title="{{$edquote}}" onclick="insertFormattingToPost('quote');"><i class="fa fa-quote-left"></i></button></li>
 						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link" id="profile-link"  ondragenter="return linkdropper(event);" ondragover="return linkdropper(event);" ondrop="linkdrop(event);" onclick="jotGetLink();" title="{{$weblink}}"><i class="fa fa-link"></i></button></li>
 						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link" id="profile-video" onclick="jotVideoURL();" title="{{$video}}"><i class="fa fa-film" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></li>
 						<li role="presentation"><button type="button" class="btn-link" id="profile-audio" onclick="jotAudioURL();" title="{{$audio}}"><i class="fa fa-music" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></li>