Strip tags and Sentence case

[garethjmsaunders]

I was about to post about THREE features I'd like to see within WeBuilder, but you've covered one already: a customizable code beautifier. Here are my other TWO:

1. Strip tags

I'd like to be able to select some code, right-click and strip all the tags from the code, so that I'm left with plain text.

2. Sentence case

I'd like to be able to select some text, right-click and from the Selection menu choose "Sentence case" which would transform the text so that the first letter is upper-case and the rest are lower case. The text editor Metapad (http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/) has this and I use it quite a bit. Having that integrated into WeBuilder would be superb.

And just to confirm, I'm loving WeBuilder the more I use it. Thanks.

[chrisjlocke]

You might be interested (until the feature is implimented into WeBuilder) that I've a system tray utility that does the camel case thing.
http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/download?id=44805a42

It sits in the system tray, and if you double click it, it takes the text in the clipboard, changes it, then puts it back. So, in WeBuilder (or any Windows app) highlight some text, copy it, double click the icon, and return to your app and paste (over the still-selected text) and it will be proper case. Hopefully!

To close the app, just right click the system tray icon.

[syrupcore]

Strip Tags sounds cool. Find and replace usually does it for me. Maybe you know this but you can put nothing in the replace box to essentially 'strip' tags. you have to do a few passes of course. I'm usually replacing a few of them with new tags so this works for me. That said, I'd likely use a Strip Tags feature, just not high on my wish list.

Sentence case would be useful as well.

[chrisjlocke]

I'll have to create another system tray utility until WeBuilder does it!

[chrisjlocke]

Just noticed that WeBuilder already has the Sentence Case thing built in.
Edit -> Change Character Case -> Capitalize

Doh!

[Alan Palmer]

The simplest way to strip tags is to preview the file then copy the text from the browser window.

[syrupcore]

The simplest way to strip tags is to preview the file then copy the text from the browser window.

God I'm an idiot. thanks.

[chrisjlocke]

Ditto. Never even thought of that. Sounds too obvious!

[garethjmsaunders]

Just noticed that WeBuilder already has the Sentence Case thing built in.
Edit -> Change Character Case -> Capitalize

Doh!

I've just done a test with the Edit > Change Character Case > Capitalize feature, but that's not Sentence Case.

Here was my original paragraph:

this is a test of the webuilder change case feature. you can find it under edit > change character case > capitalize. isn't that useful!

Here is how it looks after it has been changed:

This Is A Test Of The Webuilder Change Case Feature. You Can Find It Under Edit > Change Character Case > Capitalize. Isn'T That Useful!

But that's not how you would write a sentence. That has capitalized the first letter of each word, which is what I'd called "Title Case". Here is how the same paragraph looks after being run through Metapad's Edit > Convert Selected > Sentence Case:

This is a test of the webuilder change case feature. You can find it under edit > change character case > capitalize. Isn't that useful!

This is proper "Sentence case" in that it has capitalized only the first letter of each sentence rather than each word.

You can check out Metapad (http://liquidninja.com/metapad/) which is a standalone EXE file that doesn't require installation. It offers convertion of selected text to:

• UPPERCASE
• lowercase
• iNVERTED cASE
• Title Case
• Sentence case

I've been using Metapad as my Notepad replacement for years now. But I'd love to see the "Sentence case" feature built into WeBuilder as I use it quite a bit for reformating text, and it would simply save having to flip between WeBuilder and Metapad. (Am I just being lazy?)

Gareth

[chrisjlocke]

Aah, gotcha. Sorry - misunderstood.

I can change the standalone program I wrote above - saves flipping between programs, as its sits in the system tray...
(Until Karlis impliments the sentence case thing, anyway...)