Format CSS rule as single/multiple lines

[charlesroper]

I've been a long time TopStyle user and have just discovered WeBuilder. Wow! What a fantastic editor. This is what TS should have been if it had not sadly been left to stagnate (no disrespect to Nick Bradbury there, I know FeedDemon has been keeping him busy).

So I'm almost ready to switch, but there's a feature in TS I use all the time that I've not been able to find in WeBuilder: format css rule as single line and format css rule as multiple lines. So with a quick keystroke, this:

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a {
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #0096BF;
   text-decoration: none;
}

becomes this:

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a { font-weight: bold; color: #0096BF; text-decoration: none; }

It's not the same as code collapse as the changes are persistent, you can view and edit the content of the rules, and only requires the cursor to be somewhere in the rule (either on the selector itself or within the block). This feature allows me to collapse and expand rules at will, enabling me to view more of my rules on-screen at once, while also allowing the luxury of expanding a rule at will for easy editing. It makes editing large CSS files much easier and more convenient.

Another useful feature would be to be able to use Select Tag Block on a closing tag, not just the opening one.

Many thanks!

Charles

[syrupcore]

I'm not sure I understand the second part but ctrl+w should select the entire tag block no matter where you are in there.


Will

[charlesroper]

Try with this HTML:

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<ul>
   <li>List item</li>
</ul>

Try placing the cursor in the </ul> then invoke Select Tag Block. Likewise, try it from within the </li>. It doesn't select the tag block for me in either of these scenarios. However, it does work if I'm on the opening tag, or within the tag.

Also, try Select Tag Content from within any of these tags. For me, the only situation in which it selects what I would expect is when the cursor is between the <li>s. What I'd expect is if the cursor is within the <ul> tags, it would select everything within the <ul> tags, but it doesn't.

[syrupcore]

sorry, thought you were talking about CSS earlier.

I see what you mean. That's kinda odd.

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<div>

<ul>
   <li>List item</li>
</ul>


</div>

Similarly strange, if you click past the </ul> but before the closing </div> tag, it only selects between the closing ul and the closing div when choose 'select tag content' and selects nothing at all when you choose 'select tag block'.

Will

[Karlis]

Feature "Format CSS rule as single/multiple lines" is already in the roadmap and will be implemented as time permits.

[charlesroper]

Great, thanks Karlis.

[charlesroper]

Have the tag/content selection issues discussed in this thread been confirmed as bugs? Are they likely to get fixed in the forseeable future?

Cheers,

Charles

[Karlis]

currently tag block selection from ending tag is not supported, only from the beginning tag... we will be improving this with the time