Webmaster forum - Re: Visual Editor Recommendation

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Re: Visual Editor Recommendation

mbstevens

2007-10-26, 6:19 pm

Jeff wrote:
> I haven't used a visual editor in a decade, but some of things I do
> would be quicker with one. Like:
>
> 1) Fixing forms so the tabindex is set and the form names makes sense.
> (I get forms where every element is named "textfieldName")
>
> 2) Finding a bit on a certain part of the page when you don't have good
> reference to text find.
>
> An editor where I could just click on an element and have access to
> the underlying html would be what I need.
>
> Recommendations?
>
> Jeff

Sounds like you need to learn to program a bit in Python or Perl, with
some particular interest in regular expressions.

Jeff

2007-10-26, 6:19 pm

mbstevens wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
>
>
>
> Sounds like you need to learn to program a bit in Python or Perl, with
> some particular interest in regular expressions.

Well, think about writing a regex when you are not sure where the
replacement string will come from, will it be the next table cell? Or
somewhere else. Then think about parsing a 4 column table and trying to
set tabindexes down the first column and then down the third.

You need a human interface for some things. I could write something
client side do this, but surely this has been done.

Thanks for the answer though...

Jeff