Entering Div tags

[Mike D M]

I downloaded WeBuilder 2008 Ver 9.0.097 recently and am getting familiar with it. So far I love the program. I've used Homesite and 1st page 2000 in the past.

Is there a provision built into the program for entering a DIV tag? I've looked through it pretty thoroughly and can't find one. I've added a snippet to enter one so it's not too big a deal, but since the DIV tag is used so often for CSS created layouts the ability to add one should be a built in feature.

[Cary]

From the view menu you can open the language browser which will allow you to insert tags by clicking them.

[davenz]

I created an auto-replace entry with a three-letter 'code' that is unlikely to be used in normal language and just type that; it is way quicker for me than leaving the workspace and reaching for the mouse to click a toolbar button and more convenient for me than hitting a multi-key (shift + alt + ctrl + whatever) combination to invoke a snippet as well. This way I can enter a div with or without closing tags depending on what I want and what letter combination I type in. I have utilised auto-replace for all my usually-typed stuff and it saves a lot of time and RSI. In my opinion this feature alone is worth the sticker price.

Dave.

[Mike D M]

Thanks,

That gives me the answers I needed.

[Karlis]

You can also create a library code snippet and assign it a shortcut key combo, if you prefer shortcut keys.

[syrupcore]

I'm with Karlis. All snippets for divs these days. I actually have three. One is just a div, one is a div with class (that asks for input) and one is a div with ID that asks for input. Now that they've added the feature for repeating snippet tokens (thank you guys!), you can do handy things like also include a closing comment in your code while only typing the class/id name in once. For instance, here's my "div with a class" snippet.


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<div class="%[enter class name]%"> 

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</div><!-- /%[enter class name]% -->

the "DIV with ID" is the same with id where it says class. CTRL+D = plain div, CTRL+ALT+D=div w/class, CTRL+SHIFT+D = div w/ID.

Once the callwords on columns other than 1 gets resolved, I'd delete the shortcuts and probably just make it "d", "dc" and "di". :)

[davenz]

I'm with Karlis. All snippets for divs these days. I actually have three. One is just a div, one is a div with class (that asks for input) and one is a div with ID that asks for input. Now that they've added the feature for repeating snippet tokens (thank you guys!), you can do handy things like also include a closing comment in your code while only typing the class/id name in once. For instance, here's my "div with a class" snippet.


before

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<div class="%[enter class name]%"> 

after

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</div><!-- /%[enter class name]% -->

the "DIV with ID" is the same with id where it says class. CTRL+D = plain div, CTRL+ALT+D=div w/class, CTRL+SHIFT+D = div w/ID.

Once the callwords on columns other than 1 gets resolved, I'd delete the shortcuts and probably just make it "d", "dc" and "di".

Nice work, think I'll use that if you don't mind...

Dave.