Re: How do I highlight text
~BD~ wrote: dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? *Do you mean something as simple as this*? He /might/ mean that (I doubt it) but the OP hasn't returned since his post so we'll never know. Drive-by postings. Sigh. -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ Real programmers don't comment their code. It was damned hard to write in the first place, and it should be damned hard to understand! ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? *Do you mean something as simple as this*? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Why does he need to be more explicit ? The four possible usages you have outlined all above all react identically to the technique I outlined in my original reply and all highlight a stretch of text if that technique is used. Philip Taylor Ed Mullen wrote: You need to be more explicit in your description of what you want to do. Are you talking about composing/writing HTML? Using SeaMonkey Composer? Writing HTML in a text editor? Copying and pasting from a Web page? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Philip Taylor wrote: Why does he need to be more explicit ? The four possible usages you have outlined all above all react identically to the technique I outlined in my original reply and all highlight a stretch of text if that technique is used. Some people use highlight to mean select because a selected block of text changes color, acquires a colored background, etc. (depending on the program). If that's what he means, click and drag will suffice. But if he's talking about applying some permanent formatting feature such as MS Word's highlight, selection is not enough, some further action is required. We won't know until he clarifies. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Some people use highlight to mean select because a selected block of text changes color, acquires a colored background, etc. (depending on the program). If that's what he means, click and drag will suffice. But if he's talking about applying some permanent formatting feature such as MS Word's highlight, selection is not enough, some further action is required. Understood. I had not considered that meaning of highlight. Philip Taylor ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Philip Taylor wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Some people use highlight to mean select because a selected block of text changes color, acquires a colored background, etc. (depending on the program). If that's what he means, click and drag will suffice. But if he's talking about applying some permanent formatting feature such as MS Word's highlight, selection is not enough, some further action is required. Understood. I had not considered that meaning of highlight. Philip Taylor We may never know what the op meant. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Paul wrote: Philip Taylor wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Some people use highlight to mean select because a selected block of text changes color, acquires a colored background, etc. (depending on the program). If that's what he means, click and drag will suffice. But if he's talking about applying some permanent formatting feature such as MS Word's highlight, selection is not enough, some further action is required. Understood. I had not considered that meaning of highlight. Philip Taylor We may never know what the op meant. I've read it a dozen times, he wants to know how to make SM 2.22 have a highlighter function like our tutorial...but without knowing what our tutorial is. GW ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Geoff Welsh wrote: Paul wrote: Philip Taylor wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Some people use highlight to mean select because a selected block of text changes color, acquires a colored background, etc. (depending on the program). If that's what he means, click and drag will suffice. But if he's talking about applying some permanent formatting feature such as MS Word's highlight, selection is not enough, some further action is required. Understood. I had not considered that meaning of highlight. Philip Taylor We may never know what the op meant. I've read it a dozen times, he wants to know how to make SM 2.22 have a highlighter function like our tutorial...but without knowing what our tutorial is. GW Oh, yeah, I forgot. LOL ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? Position the I-beam cursor at the start of the stretch of text that you wish to highlight; press and hold the left mouse button; drag the mouse to the end of the stretch of text; releae the mouse button. This is the same set of actions that you might use in any program with a GUI; it is not specific to Seamonkey. Philip Taylor ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
David E. Ross wrote: On 11/2/2013 3:27 PM, dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? Generally, you cannot manipulate the text on a Web page, including highlightibng. I don't know of any browser that allows this. Perhaps the OP is creating a web page using Composer and wants to highlight that? Note that a PDF file downloaded from a Web server is NOT a Web page even when it is displayed in a browser. The ability to highlight text on a PDF file is a function of Adobe Reader or whatever application you are using to view the PDF file. If you are doing this in a browser, it is actually being done by the plugin provided by Adobe Reader or other application, not by the browser. Similarly with a Word file (e.g., .doc, .docx) and some other non-HTML files. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
On 11/02/2013 06:27 PM, dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? What is the school project? What tutorial? Maybe it is using the Web Developer Tools in Firefox as an example. Are you viewing a webpage and want to highlight text on that page? Phillip Taylor provides those instructions in his reply. is the Find bar the function you are looking for? Ctrl+F. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
WaltS wrote: On 11/02/2013 06:27 PM, dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? What is the school project? What tutorial? Maybe it is using the Web Developer Tools in Firefox as an example. Are you viewing a webpage and want to highlight text on that page? Phillip Taylor provides those instructions in his reply. is the Find bar the function you are looking for? Ctrl+F. Does placing the cursor where you want to start highlighting, pressing the left button and dragging the cursor not work to highlight? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
On 11/03/2013 12:41 PM, EE wrote: WaltS wrote: On 11/02/2013 06:27 PM, dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? What is the school project? What tutorial? Maybe it is using the Web Developer Tools in Firefox as an example. Are you viewing a webpage and want to highlight text on that page? Phillip Taylor provides those instructions in his reply. is the Find bar the function you are looking for? Ctrl+F. Does placing the cursor where you want to start highlighting, pressing the left button and dragging the cursor not work to highlight? Works just fine. Is that what the OP is seeing in his tutorial? Or is he saying he can use a function to highlight text in the tutorial and wants to use that function in SeaMonkey but can't find it? If I open SeaMonkey and View Source, then use the Find Bar to look for div, and select Highlight all, I see every div in the source. Isn't that div element text? If I use the Find Bar on a site and look for a word, select Highlight all, isn't that word text. I've never really used Find before. I'm pretty sure it could find phrases if they were entered. Maybe that function is the Find Bar (Ctrl+F). ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
On 11/2/2013 4:51 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 11/2/2013 3:27 PM, dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? Generally, you cannot manipulate the text on a Web page, including highlightibng. I don't know of any browser that allows this. Note that a PDF file downloaded from a Web server is NOT a Web page even when it is displayed in a browser. The ability to highlight text on a PDF file is a function of Adobe Reader or whatever application you are using to view the PDF file. If you are doing this in a browser, it is actually being done by the plugin provided by Adobe Reader or other application, not by the browser. Similarly with a Word file (e.g., .doc, .docx) and some other non-HTML files. My comments above reflect my thought that the OP wanted to highlight text the way hard copy text can be highlighted with a felt-tip marker. Word and Adobe Reader have that capability for electronic text. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/ Where does your elected official stand? Which politicians refuse to tell us where they stand? See the non-partisan Project Vote Smart at http://votesmart.org/. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Philip Taylor wrote: dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? Position the I-beam cursor at the start of the stretch of text that you wish to highlight; press and hold the left mouse button; drag the mouse to the end of the stretch of text; releae the mouse button. This is the same set of actions that you might use in any program with a GUI; it is not specific to Seamonkey. Philip Taylor Also, Click the left mouse cursor where you want to begin and then hold the shift key and click the left mouse cursor where you want to end your selection. -- You either teach people to treat you with dignity and respect, or you don't. This means you are partly responsible for the mistreatment that you get at the hands of someone else. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
Philip Taylor wrote: dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? Position the I-beam cursor at the start of the stretch of text that you wish to highlight; press and hold the left mouse button; drag the mouse to the end of the stretch of text; releae the mouse button. This is the same set of actions that you might use in any program with a GUI; it is not specific to Seamonkey. Philip Taylor You need to be more explicit in your description of what you want to do. Are you talking about composing/writing HTML? Using SeaMonkey Composer? Writing HTML in a text editor? Copying and pasting from a Web page? -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: How do I highlight text
David E. Ross wrote: On 11/2/2013 4:51 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 11/2/2013 3:27 PM, dwal...@clemson.edu wrote: I am new to Seamonkey and am working on a school project. Our tutorial has a text highlighter function, but my 2.22 version does not have the function to highlight text. How do I do this? Generally, you cannot manipulate the text on a Web page, including highlightibng. I don't know of any browser that allows this. Note that a PDF file downloaded from a Web server is NOT a Web page even when it is displayed in a browser. The ability to highlight text on a PDF file is a function of Adobe Reader or whatever application you are using to view the PDF file. If you are doing this in a browser, it is actually being done by the plugin provided by Adobe Reader or other application, not by the browser. Similarly with a Word file (e.g., .doc, .docx) and some other non-HTML files. My comments above reflect my thought that the OP wanted to highlight text the way hard copy text can be highlighted with a felt-tip marker. Word and Adobe Reader have that capability for electronic text. Well, from the OP's post I can only guess at what he wants to do. So, OP? Chime in and explain yourself - we're all just spinning our wheels here until you do. -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ Consider, the Bible was written by the same people who said the Earth was flat. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
