Re: HTML mode confusion

Of course! It all makes perfect sense when you already know how it works. But no one here cares to look at the dialog objectively, and ask whether or not it might be confusing. OK, that's all for now - I'm crawling out of the rabbit hole for a break. On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 12:33:05 PM UTC+1

Re: HTML mode confusion

Hey Sam - the first line of your answer is inane. I guess you're trying to help, but that doesn't change the fact: inane answer. On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 2:39:43 PM UTC+1, Sam Hathaway wrote: > > The BBEdit tag editor is designed to let you edit tag *attributes* not > tag *contents*. > > The p

Re: Stupid question

I was angry with you because your response struck me as disingenuous and cutting. Esp. the suggestion to type it all out! Why would you think that would be helpful in a forum for BBEdit - an app that is supposed to add value by avoiding such an approach. So that's why - I hope that's clear to y

Re: Multiple replace of highlighted text

One thing I find useful is to set a shortcut for "Replace and Find Next". I use "Cmd-Opt-F" which is normally "Live Search" I guess. I use Cmd-E and Cmd-Opt-E as described to set up a search/replace and then cycle through the document doing Cmd-G to advance to the next instance and either Cmd-G

Re: Multiple replace of highlighted text

Remember that "Cmd-Opt-E" is "Use Selection for Replace", complementing "Cmd-E (use selection for find), so a sequence could be 1. select text, 2. Cmd-E (use selection for find), 3. replace the text with what you want, 4. Cmd-Opt-E (use the new text for replace) 5. Dangerous part: Cmd-Opt-= (

Re: Stupid question

Hi Not sure why you are so angry at me when you actually ignored my answer. You type the link text first. Then you select it. Then you open the dialog, or type cmd-ctrl-a, and fill it in. Then when you close the dialog it puts the anchor AROUND THE TEXT YOU TYPED, as I said. It is quite true I

Re: Find and Replace help please

Thank you Chris, Kerri and Sam. Got what I need. Much appreciated. On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10:16:36 PM UTC-7, Christopher Stone wrote: > > On 05/02/2018, at 12:25, Matthew London > > wrote: > > I have a file with the following: > > &&& > TEXT STRING I WANT TO KEEP > ### > TEXT STRING I WANT T

Re: HTML mode confusion

The BBEdit tag editor is designed to let you edit tag _attributes_ not tag _contents_. The problem with editing _contents_ through the tag editor is that the contents of an tag can include _almost any HTML element_, not just text. So how could the tag editor handle this? It’d have to have a

Re: Stupid question

I guess you could call it "Link Text", or you could call it by one of the 3 or 4 other names that are used to describe the text that you see rendered in a link. But you've obviously not actually used the dialog, because there is NO PLACE in it for the "Link Text" by any name. And this makes me w

Re: HTML mode confusion

Wow... All of those values in that dialog box, and nothing for *link text !* That is *stupefying* ! On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:00:38 AM UTC+1, Robert wrote: > > On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at

Re: Multiple replace of highlighted text

On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 2:06:28 AM UTC-4, Vlad Ghitulescu wrote: > > On 4 May 2018, at 5:26, Christopher Stone wrote: > > On 05/03/2018, at 22:20, Robert < > mailto:...@gmail.com >> wrote: > > If I have a word highlighted throughout my code, is there a key combo that > allows me to replace the

Re: HTML mode confusion

Hi Seamus, The intention I believe is to first select the portion of text you would like to be *wrapped* with the anchor tag before clicking the button in the HTML tools. linked text Although BBEdit is great for editing HTML, I would recommend you do so alongside the developer tools of a modern b