Shortcut key wanted: Select element contents
Two favourite shortcuts: 1. Meta-E, to wrap text in a tag 2. Ctrl-Alt-X, to remove tags Two shortcuts I crave: 1. Select the contents of an element (everything between the opening and closing tag of the element the cursor is in.) 2. Like Ctrl-Alt-X, but to delete the tag attribute under the cursor. I looked amongst the existing shortcuts, but couldn't find either. Do they exist? francois -- francois@isotoma.com / Isotoma, Open Source Software Consulting Tel: 01904 567349 / Mobile: 07872 394273 / Fax: 020 79006980 Skype: fjordaan / http://www.isotoma.com Postal Address: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA, UK Registered in England. Company No 5171172. VAT GB843570325. Registered Office: 19a Goodge Street, London, W1T 2PH
On 2/19/09 3:13 PM, "Francois Jordaan" <francois@isotoma.com> wrote:
Two favourite shortcuts: 1. Meta-E, to wrap text in a tag 2. Ctrl-Alt-X, to remove tags
Two shortcuts I crave: 1. Select the contents of an element (everything between the opening and closing tag of the element the cursor is in.) 2. Like Ctrl-Alt-X, but to delete the tag attribute under the cursor.
For 1, you have to set up your own shortcut. I just did this a couple of days ago, but I would also like it to be a default. Options->Menu Shortcut Keys, then sort by Description and look for "Select Content". In Arborext Editor, ctrl+e (I think, my memory is dim) would select the element content for the element containing the cursor. Successive presses would then select the containing element and so on up the ancestry tree. I used that feature very heavily. Cheers, E. ---- Eliot Kimber | Senior Solutions Architect | Really Strategies, Inc. email: ekimber@reallysi.com <mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com> office: 610.631.6770 | cell: 512.554.9368 2570 Boulevard of the Generals | Suite 213 | Audubon, PA 19403 www.reallysi.com <http://www.reallysi.com> | http://blog.reallysi.com <http://blog.reallysi.com> | www.rsuitecms.com <http://www.rsuitecms.com>
Hi Francois, Eliot, 2 is not possible, we do not have a select/delete attribute action. There is a Select Attributes action that selects all the attributes and you can set a shortcut for that if you want from Options->Menu shortcut keys. You can achieve a progressive selection up on the ancestor axes if you set a shortcut for the Select Parent action. Successive invocations will extend the selection. Best Regards, George -- George Cristian Bina <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com Eliot Kimber wrote:
On 2/19/09 3:13 PM, "Francois Jordaan" <francois@isotoma.com> wrote:
Two favourite shortcuts: 1. Meta-E, to wrap text in a tag 2. Ctrl-Alt-X, to remove tags
Two shortcuts I crave: 1. Select the contents of an element (everything between the opening and closing tag of the element the cursor is in.) 2. Like Ctrl-Alt-X, but to delete the tag attribute under the cursor.
For 1, you have to set up your own shortcut. I just did this a couple of days ago, but I would also like it to be a default. Options->Menu Shortcut Keys, then sort by Description and look for "Select Content".
In Arborext Editor, ctrl+e (I think, my memory is dim) would select the element content for the element containing the cursor. Successive presses would then select the containing element and so on up the ancestry tree. I used that feature very heavily.
Cheers,
E.
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Thanks very much for the helpful response, George. I now have the following shortcuts, which I think will be very well-used: Meta-E - Wrap in Tag Meta-Shift-E - Select Contents Ctrl-Shift-E - Select Tag Ctrl-Meta-E - Select Parent f -- francois@isotoma.com / Isotoma, Open Source Software Consulting Tel: 01904 567349 / Mobile: 07872 394273 / Fax: 020 79006980 Skype: fjordaan / http://www.isotoma.com Postal Address: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA, UK Registered in England. Company No 5171172. VAT GB843570325. Registered Office: 19a Goodge Street, London, W1T 2PH
Eliot Kimber wrote:
For 1, you have to set up your own shortcut. I just did this a couple of days ago, but I would also like it to be a default. Options->Menu Shortcut Keys, then sort by Description and look for "Select Content".
Wonderful, thank you so much! (I actually saw this one, but it had the same shortcut assigned as "Find all elements", which confused me into thinking I misunderstood it.)
In Arborext Editor, ctrl+e (I think, my memory is dim) would select the element content for the element containing the cursor. Successive presses would then select the containing element and so on up the ancestry tree. I used that feature very heavily.
I would really like a feature like that too. No reason why the same shortcut key can't have this behaviour. Anyway, my immediate need is met. Thanks again. f -- francois@isotoma.com / Isotoma, Open Source Software Consulting Tel: 01904 567349 / Mobile: 07872 394273 / Fax: 020 79006980 Skype: fjordaan / http://www.isotoma.com Postal Address: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA, UK Registered in England. Company No 5171172. VAT GB843570325. Registered Office: 19a Goodge Street, London, W1T 2PH
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