Adding new html5 elements to Webuilder

[mt2ri]

Can I add additional elements (tags) to Webuilder so they validate and auto-close.

Example, I'm using Webuilder 2014 (12.2.0.150). I would like to use the new html5 <main></main> tag - which is now part of the html5 spec. I would like it to validate as other html5 elements do (such as <section></section> and <article></article> etc.). Currently Webuilder does not recognize this element as a valid tag. Is this something I can add somewhere into Webuilder on my own? Thanks!

[Aivars]

We do plan to add these tags but you can add them to %programfiles%\WeBuilder 2014\data\mldefs\HTML 5.ini yourself. Let me know if it worked for you.

[mt2ri]

Thanks for the reply.

So I edited HTML 5.ini and added two entries for the new main tag.

#1. added 'main' to the %[tags] section

#2. added :
[main]
#core
#events
%endtag=1

WeBuilder will now close the <main> tag with </main>, but the open/close pair still does not highlight the matching pairs in green as all other tags do. The <main></main> stay red, and indicate they are not recognized by WeBuilder. Thanks for the help, is there anything else I need to do to make the new tags fully functional?

[Aivars]

Open %programfiles%\WeBuilder 2014\data\parsers\htmlparser.dat in text editor and look for lines like:

stagname 'table' shtmltag tresword

Add all the extra tags that you want there. If you use PHP then you need to do the same to phpparser.dat. I think this should be enough.

[mt2ri]

Those instructions worked. Webuilder is now working as required.

Thanks much for the help Aivars!