I started using BBEdit (switched from Dreamweaver) and noticed that
there is no auto close tag feature. For example, if I type "<p>" I
would think it would automatically type the close tag with an
insertion point in the middle "<p>|</p>".
I see the "close current tag" in the side menu but that doesn't seem
very practical having to click on that just to close your html tag.
Does anyone know if there is something in the preferences where I can
use this feature? I find this feature very helpful. I would hate to
switch back to Dreamweaver just to use their text editor.
Thanks
If you type "<p" and wait a few moments (see preferences for delay time), you will get a drop down. Press the ENTER key and you will get "<p><##></p>" with the <##> highlighted (the insertion point/area).
> I started using BBEdit (switched from Dreamweaver) and noticed that > there is no auto close tag feature. For example, if I type "<p>" I > would think it would automatically type the close tag with an > insertion point in the middle "<p>|</p>". > I see the "close current tag" in the side menu but that doesn't seem > very practical having to click on that just to close your html tag. > Does anyone know if there is something in the preferences where I can > use this feature? I find this feature very helpful. I would hate to > switch back to Dreamweaver just to use their text editor. > Thanks
Hi. Instead of typing paragraph tags, why not use the menu item Markup -> Block Elements-> Paragraph? Assign a keyboard shortcut to it. I use F1 because I do this so often.
Then one key will type the opening and closing <p> tags and place the insertion point between them. Or if you have text selected, it will wrap the text with paragraph tags. If you have several blocks of text selected, it will wrap each block in its own paragraph.
Ken
scot.par...@mrprint.com (sparker) wrote on 1/18/12 2:45 PM
>I started using BBEdit (switched from Dreamweaver) and noticed that >there is no auto close tag feature. For example, if I type "<p>" I >would think it would automatically type the close tag with an >insertion point in the middle "<p>|</p>". >I see the "close current tag" in the side menu but that doesn't seem >very practical having to click on that just to close your html tag. >Does anyone know if there is something in the preferences where I can >use this feature? I find this feature very helpful. I would hate to >switch back to Dreamweaver just to use their text editor. >Thanks
> I started using BBEdit (switched from Dreamweaver) and noticed that
> there is no auto close tag feature. For example, if I type "<p>" I
> would think it would automatically type the close tag with an
> insertion point in the middle "<p>|</p>".
> I see the "close current tag" in the side menu but that doesn't seem
> very practical having to click on that just to close your html tag.
> Does anyone know if there is something in the preferences where I can
> use this feature? I find this feature very helpful. I would hate to
> switch back to Dreamweaver just to use their text editor.
> Thanks
On Jan 19, 12:45 am, sparker <scot.par...@mrprint.com> wrote:
> I started using BBEdit (switched from Dreamweaver) and noticed that
> there is no auto close tag feature. For example, if I type "<p>" I
> would think it would automatically type the close tag with an
> insertion point in the middle "<p>|</p>".
> I see the "close current tag" in the side menu but that doesn't seem
> very practical having to click on that just to close your html tag.
> Does anyone know if there is something in the preferences where I can
> use this feature? I find this feature very helpful. I would hate to
> switch back to Dreamweaver just to use their text editor.
> Thanks
Even if the two previous suggestions are good, but not optimized for
speed typing, the solution I'd suggest is to assign a shortcut to
Close current tag and one that is not very difficult to type
frequently.
Another possible solution is to assign a nice shortcut to Insert
clipping (e.g. Ctrl + Space) menu and have that insert the tags as it
automatically inserts the tags.
> If you type "<p" and wait a few moments (see preferences for delay time), you will get a drop down. Press the ENTER key and you will get "<p><##></p>" with the <##> highlighted (the insertion point/area).
